I haven't taught our undergrad/grad course in film theory & criticism
for a few years, so as I begin to order books for next semester, I'm
surprised to see a relative dearth of introductory texts in film theory
by American authors.  There are stand-bys like the Braudy/Cohen
anthology and some classic works like Dudley Andrews' books that are
still in print and, of course, many books on particular issues and
subjects.  Otherwise, though, it seems that most of the introductory
theory texts of the last 5-6 years have been coming out of the UK.  Many
of these are pretty good, but I think that our students are likely to
have some difficulty in relating to them.  The lack of texts seems
especially surprising in relation to the relative plethora of literary
theory texts and anthologies.  Does anyone have an angle on this issue
or some other specific suggestions for texts geared toward students who
may have had no more than an introductory film course?

Don Larsson
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Donald F. Larsson
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