{"product_id":"9781118315446","title":"Thinking about Movies Watching, Questioning, Enjoying","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThinking about Movies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWatching, Questioning, Enjoying\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePeter Lehman | William Luhr\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA complete introduction to analyzing and enjoying a wide variety of movies, for film students and movie lovers alike\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThinking About Movies: Watching, Questioning, Enjoying, Fourth Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is a thorough overview of movie analysis designed to enlighten both students and enthusiasts, and heighten their enjoyment of films. Readers will delve into the process of thinking about movies critically and analytically, and find how doing so can greatly enhance the pleasure of watching movies. Divided roughly into two parts, the book addresses film studies within the context of the dynamics of cinema, before moving on to a broader analysis of the relationship of films to the larger social, cultural, and industrial issues informing them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis updated fourth edition includes an entirely new section devoted to a complete analysis of the film adaptation of\u003ci\u003e The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo\u003c\/i\u003e, along with many in-depth discussions of important films such as \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSilence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e. The chapter on television integrates a major expansion distinguishing between television in the digital era of the convergence of the entertainment and technology industries in comparison to the era of broadcast analogue television. The final chapter places film within the current context of digital culture, globalization, and the powerful rise of China in film production and exhibition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors clearly present various methodologies for analyzing movies and illustrate them with detailed examples and images from a wide range of films from cult classics to big-budget, award-winning movies. This helps viewers see new things in movies and also better understand and explain why they like some better than others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThinking About Movies: Watching, Questioning, Enjoying, Fourth Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is ideal for film students immersed in the study of this important, contemporary medium and art form as well as students and readers who have never taken a class on cinema before. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Lehman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Film and Media Studies in English and Director of the Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture at Arizona State University. He is author, coauthor, and editor of 12 books and a former president of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. He is also the Founding Editor of \u003ci\u003eWide Angle: A Film Quarterly of Theory, Criticism, and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e. He lectures widely, both nationally and internationally.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Luhr\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Film at Saint Peter's University and Co-Chair of the faculty-level Columbia University Seminar on Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretation. He has published over a dozen books as well as numerous articles and interviews primarily concerned with film studies, the most recent being \u003ci\u003eFilm Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2012 (Chinese language edition, 2014). 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