The World in a Frame: What We See in Films

Braudy, Leo. The World in a Frame: What We See in Films Doubleday, 1976 (paperback, 1977); Second edition (paperback), University of Chicago, 1984; Twenty-fifth anniversary edition, 2002.
ISBN 0226071561, 978-0226071565

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Contents

Introduction: Movies in Mind–1
Section One: Varieties of Visual Coherence–20
Section Two: Genre- The Conventions of Connection–104
Section Three: Acting and Characterization- The Aesthetics of Omission–182
Index of Films–260
General Index–266

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