Critical cinema : beyond the theory of practice / edited by Clive Myer ; with a foreword by Bill Nichols.

Includes bibliographical references, filmographies, and index.

Reframing: Theoretical perspective : diegesis is not a code of cinema / Clive Meyer ; Cinema, theory, women / Noel Burch ; Theory and practice / Peter Wollen ; Passing time : reflections on the old and the new / Laura Mulvey ; Sublime acts : the fate of resistance between film theory and practice / Patrick Fuery ; Rancière and the persistence of film theory / Nico Baumbach ; Behind the mask of the screenplay : the screen idea / Ian W. Macdonald ; The theory-practice interface in film education : observational documentary in India / Aparna Sharma ; The student author, Lacanian discourse theory and La nuit américaine / Coral Houtman ; Just because you have eyes does not mean you can see / Peter Greenaway ; Theory for practice : ceci n'est pas l'épistémologie / Brian Winston -- Conversations: Film and philosophy : an interview with Mike Figgis / Clive Myer ; Playing with new toys : an interview with Peter Greenaway / Clive Myer ; An interview with Noel Burch : playing with toys by the wayside / Clive Myer.

Critical Cinema: Beyond the Theory of Practice purges the obstructive line between the making of and the theorising on film, uniting theory and practice in order to move beyond the commercial confines of Hollywood. Opening with an introduction by Bill Nichols, one of the world's leading writers on nonfiction film, this volume features contributions by such prominent authors as Noel Burch, Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen, Brian Winston and Patrick Fuery. Seminal filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway and Mike Figgis also contribute to the debate, making this book a critical text for students, academics and independent filmmakers as well as for any reader interested in new perspectives on culture and film. --Book Jacket.