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Looking at Movies

An Introduction to Film

by Dave Monahan and Richard Barsam

Type
Didactic
Subject
Film Analysis
Keywords
analysis
Publishing date
2025 (July 01, 2025) (Upcoming)
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co
8th edition
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback • 456 pages
8 ¾ x 10 ¾ inches (22 x 27.5 cm)
ISBN
978-1-324-08794-6
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Book Presentation:
The film text that puts the student experience―and student analysis―first
The best-selling film appreciation text on the market, Looking at Movies succeeds by building on students’ enthusiasm for screened entertainment. It introduces students to film studies by starting with the movies they know and love before guiding them to more serious film analysis―with a robust set of video and interactive resources to support them along the way. The Eighth Edition reflects the shifting film and educational landscapes, with revisions that respond to changes in streaming media, new digital filmmaking techniques, and the move toward hybrid and online classes.

About the authors:
Dave Monahan (M.F.A., Columbia University) is a Professor of Film Studies at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. His filmmaking work as a writer, director, and editor has been screened internationally in over seventy film festivals and has earned numerous awards, including the New Line Cinema Award for Most Original Film and the Seattle International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Animated Short Film.

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