Authorship and Film

<p>Authorship in film has been a persistent theme in the field of cinema studies. This volume of new work revitalizes the question of authorship by connecting it to larger issues of identity--in film, in the marketplace, in society, in culture. Essays range from the auteur theory and <em>Casablanca</em> to Oscar Micheaux, from the American avant-garde to community video, all illuminating how "authorship" is a complex idea with far-reaching implications. This ambitious and wide-ranging book will be essential reading for anyone concerned with film studies and the concept of the author.</p> <p>Introduction, Part 1 authorship studies in review; Chapter 1 the practices of authorship, Chapter 2 authorship approaches, Part 2 authorship and identity in hollywood; Chapter 3 the auteur theory, Chapter 4 I hear music and …, Chapter 5 stepping out from behind the grand silhouette, Part 3 authorship and identity near and far from hollywood; Chapter 6 intentions and mass culture, Chapter 7 cundieff’s revisionof masculinityin film, or, a “hard” man is not necessarily good to find, Chapter 8 john waters goes to hollywood, Chapter 9 len lye, roger horrocks; Chapter 10 a lost man, Chapter 11 grassroots authors, Part 4 the author-function; Chapter 12 reframing arobert stigwood, Chapter 14 making films asian american.</p>