Mystifying Movies: Fads and Fallacies in Contemporary Film Theory

Plot

Introduction -- Psychoanalysis: Metz And Baudry. Jean-louis Baudry And The Apparatus ; Metz's Imaginary Signifier ; Metz's Daydreams ; Conclusion -- Marxism And Psychoanalysis: The Althusserian-lacanian Paradigm. Althusser And Ideology: Marxism And The Invocation Of Psychoanalysis ; Lacan And The Construction Of The Subject ; An Initial Questioning Of The Presuppositions Of The Althusserian-lacanian Paradigm ; The Explanatory Power Of Ideology -- The Cinematic Image. Illusionism ; Photography And The Cinematic Image ; Perspective ; An Alternative View Of The Cinematic Image -- Narration. Enunciation ; The Internal Structure And Function Of Narrative ; An Alternative Account Of Movie Narration -- Cinematic Narration. Suture ; An Alternative Account Of Cinematic Narration ; The Power Of Movies ; A Contribution To The Theory Of Movie Music -- Conclusion: Problems And Prospects Of Contemporary Film Theory. Noël Carroll. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [235]-258.