{"product_id":"9781501311741","title":"Auteur Theory and My Son John","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAuteur Theory and My Son John\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): James Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe newest volume in the Film Theory in Practice Series, \u003ci\u003eAuteur Theory and My Son John \u003c\/i\u003eoffers  a concise introduction to authorship and auteur theory in jargon-free language. The book goes on to show this theory can be deployed to interpret Leo McCarey's notorious but undervalued film \u003ci\u003eMy Son John\u003c\/i\u003e, which critics deemed a clear-cut failure, and the auteurists declared a masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Morrison traces the development of auteur theory through its emergence in the pages of the French film journal \u003ci\u003eCahiers du cinéma\u003c\/i\u003e and the complex permutations it undergoes subsequently.  This history will help students and scholars who are eager to learn more about this important area of film theory. The analysis of \u003ci\u003eMy Son John\u003c\/i\u003e shows how auteur theory enables modes of interpretation and discovers levels of meaning otherwise unavailable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brilliant … [a] superb history and analysis of auteurist criticism.” - \u003ci\u003eJonathan Rosenbaum, Cineaste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reading \u003ci\u003eMy Son John\u003c\/i\u003e both as an instance of the Red Scare-era ‘film rouge’ and a fine-grained text that generates meaning in the smallest gesture of stay Helen Hayes, leaves little doubt as to the proper value-even in this empathetic, troubling, mutilated picture-of McCarey’s artistry.” - \u003ci\u003eNick Pinkerton, Film Comment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781501311741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40652336988366,"sku":"9781501311741","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_829c4eb1-eeeb-459d-a9ba-6da66bd286c5.jpg?v=1639277185","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781501311741","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}