This book is a lively and provoking introduction to film theory. Itis suitable for students from any discipline but is particularlyaimed at students studying film and literature as it examinesissues common to both subjects such as realism, illusionism,narration, point of view, style, semiotics, psychoanalysis andmulticulturalism. It also includes coverage of theorists common toboth, Barthes, Lacan and Bakhtin among others. Robert Stam, renowned for his clarity of writing, will alsoinclude studies of cinema specialists providing readers with adepth of reference not generally available outside the field offilm studies itself. Other material covered includes filmadaptations of works of literature and analogies between literaryand film criticism.