Cinema : Concept & Practice / Edward Dmytryk

By:

Dmytryk, Edward

Contributor(s):

McElhaney, Joe [In.]

9781138584273

Subject(s):

Motion Pictures -- Arts & Recreation

DDC classification:

791.4301 DmyC

Contents:

Edward Dmytryk: A Short Biography Introduction by Joe McElhaney The Collective Noun The Indispensible Viewer You’d Better Believe It The Power of the Set-Up Invisibility Moving and Molding Look at Him, Look at Her The Art of Separation Rules and Rule Breaking The Modification of the Reality Symbols, Metaphors, and Messages Auteurs, Actors, and Metaphors Time and Illusion The Force of Filmic Reality About a Forgotten Art Postscript Filmography of Edward Dmytryk Index

Summary: In this unique study of the process of filmmaking, director Edward Dmytryk blends abstract film theory and the practical realities of feature film production to provide an artful and elegant analysis of the conceptual foundations of filmmaking and film studies. Dmytryk explores the technical principles underlying the craft of filmmaking and how their use is effective in developing the viewer’s involvement in the cinematic narrative. Originally published in 1988, this reissue of Dmytryk’s classic book includes a new critical introduction by Joe McElhaney.

List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals 15-30 November 2025, Vol. 06, Issue 31

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati General Stacks	Humanities	791.4301 DmyC (11731) (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Copy 01	Checked out	14/06/2026	11731

Edward Dmytryk: A Short Biography

Introduction by Joe McElhaney

The Collective Noun

The Indispensible Viewer

You’d Better Believe It

The Power of the Set-Up

Invisibility

Moving and Molding

Look at Him, Look at Her

The Art of Separation

Rules and Rule Breaking

The Modification of the Reality

Symbols, Metaphors, and Messages

Auteurs, Actors, and Metaphors

Time and Illusion

The Force of Filmic Reality

About a Forgotten Art
Postscript

Filmography of Edward Dmytryk

Index

In this unique study of the process of filmmaking, director Edward Dmytryk blends abstract film theory and the practical realities of feature film production to provide an artful and elegant analysis of the conceptual foundations of filmmaking and film studies. Dmytryk explores the technical principles underlying the craft of filmmaking and how their use is effective in developing the viewer’s involvement in the cinematic narrative.

Originally published in 1988, this reissue of Dmytryk’s classic book includes a new critical introduction by Joe McElhaney.

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