University of Wisconsin Press
Narration in the Fiction Film
Key Metrics
- David Bordwell
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Paperback
- 9780299101749
- 9.58 X 9.4 X 0.8 inches
- 1.89 pounds
- Performing Arts > Film - Screenwriting
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Most films tell tales, but what does that involve? How do motion pictures tease us into building what we all agree to call stories? In this study, David Bordwell offers the first comprehensive account of how movies use fundamental principles of narrative representation, unique features of the film medium, and diverse story-telling patterns to construct their fictional narratives. The result is a pioneering, far-reaching work which will change the way we perceive narrative film--and which every serious film scholar, student or fan will welcome.
This book is of crucial importance to film specialists. I cannot think that any film teacher/scholar would miss reading this work.--Don Fredricksen, Cornell University
David Bordwell's Narration in the Fiction Film is a major contribution to film studies and to narrative theory. The work, I predict, will be widely read, praised, debated, and damned. Brodwell's originality lies not so much in demonstrating the deficiencies of other theories, which he does very convincingly, but in the scope and design of his project, against which there is no competition of comparable intellectual weight.--Jerry Carlson, DePaul University
Author Bio
David Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Professor Bordwell has written several books focusing on the history of film style, film narration, and the poetics of cinema.
In 2013, film historian and theorist David Bordwell deposited approximately 125 film prints at the Academy Film Archive, all in 35mm. The David Bordwell Collection is particularly noteworthy for the strength of its Hong Kong holdings, some of which are unavailable in any other English-translated format. The collection includes such titles as “Crippled Avengers” (1979), “Once Upon a Time in China I-V” (1991-1994), “Iron Monkey” (1993), “Green Snake” (1994), and “Naked Killer” (1995), as well as non-Hong Kong titles such as “Desperately Seeking Susan” (1985), “Prospero’s Books” (1991), and “The Long Day Closes” (1992).
Research Interests
Introduction to Graduate Study in Film
Seminar in Film Analysis
Seminar in Contemporary Film Theory
Seminar in Contemporary Film Criticism
Narrative Theory and Film
Japanese Cinema
Japanese Cinema of the 1930s
Technology and Technique in American Cinema
Space and Narration in the Fiction Film
The Films of Jean-Luc Godard
Cognitive Poetics of Cinema
Stylistic Analysis of Film
The Film Spectator
Contemporary Asian Cinema
Comparative Film Analysis
Education
- B.A. (English) State University of New York at Albany, 1969
- M.A. (Speech and Dramatic Arts, concentration in Film) University of Iowa, 1972
- Ph.D. (Speech and Dramatic Arts, concentration in Film) University of Iowa, 1974.
- Honorary degree: Doctora philosophiæ honoris causa, University of Copenhagen. Awarded 13 November 1997.
Source: davidbordwell.net and Oscars.org
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