Film Technique and Film Acting: The Cinema Writings of V.I. Pudovkin

A comprehensive exposition of the cinema writings of V. I. Pudovkin, being a detailed treatise on film technique and film acting. This concise yet detailed exposition will be of considerable utility to the film student or anyone with a keen interest in film theory.

The chapters of this volume include: 'Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin', 'Film Director and Film Material', 'Asychonism as a Principle of Sound Film', 'Rhthymic Problems in my First Sound Film', 'Close-ups in Time', 'Film Acting', 'The Film Scenario and its Theory', etc.

Sevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin was a Russian and film director, screenwriter and actor who developed influential theories of montage. This vintage book is being republished now complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.