The Long Take: Critical Approaches

The first book in English exclusively devoted to the long take, one of the key elements of film style

The collection is devoted to the detailed critical analysis of specific long takes, explored in terms of how they function within their contexts, the meanings they generate and the effects they create

Specially commissioned chapters (only one previously published) by established and younger scholars

An exciting collection that analyses works from a range of film-making traditions selected to represent varied long take practices and associated debates

Author: John Gibbs
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/16/2017
Pages: 263
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781137585721

About the Author

John Gibbs is Professor of Film and Douglas Pye is Senior Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Film, Theatre and Television at the University of Reading, UK. They are series editors of Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television and members of the editorial board of Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism.