For fifteen years before his untimely death; Andrew Britton produced a body of undeniably brilliant film criticism that has been largely ignored within academic circles. Though Brittonrsquo;s writings are extraordinary in their depth and range and are closely attuned to the nuances of the texts they examine; his humanistic approach was at odds with typical theory-based film scholarship. Britton on Film demonstrates that Brittonrsquo;s humanism is also his strength; as it presents all of his published writings together for the first time; including Brittonrsquo;s persuasive readings of such important Hollywood films as Meet Me in St. Louis; Spellbound; and Now; Voyager and of key European filmmakers such as Sergei Eisenstein; Jean-Luc Godard; and Bernardo Bertolucci. Renowned film scholar and editor Barry Keith Grant has assembled all of Brittonrsquo;s published essays of film criticism and theory for this volume; spanning the late 1970s to the early 1990s. The essays are arranged by theme: Hollywood cinema; Hollywood movies; European cinema; and film and cultural theory. In all; twenty-eight essays consider such varied films as Hitchcockrsquo;s Spellbound; Jaws; The Exorcist; and Mandingo and topics as diverse as formalism; camp; psychoanalysis; imperialism; and feminism. Included are such well-known and important pieces as "Blissing Out: The Politics of Reaganite Entertainment" and "Sideshows: Hollywood in Vietnam;" among the most perceptive discussions of these two periods of Hollywood history yet published. In addition; Brittonrsquo;s critiques of the ideology of Screen and Wisconsin formalism display his uncommon grasp of theory even when arguing against prevailing critical trends. An introduction by influential film critic Robin Wood; who was also Brittonrsquo;s teacher and friend; begins this landmark collection. Students and teachers of film studies as well as general readers interested in film and American popular culture will enjoy Britton on Film.
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