On Thu, 2 Jun 1994, Leslie J wrote:
 
> Can someone please suggest a book that would aid the non-academic but
> enthusiastic film-goer in gaining a more in-depth approach to watching
> films? Something like I.A. Richards "Practical Criticism" for movies would
> be good; it shouldn't be heavily theoretical and be fairly inexpensive.
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> Leslie J. Furlong
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You might try an introductory text such as _Film Theory and Criticism_,
3rd Ed., Gerald Mast & Marshall Cohen, Eds. NY: Oxford UP, 1985.
 
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