A fresh, compelling, essential work of film theory. Recommended for all libraries. --choice "[Jean Mitry] is the aristotle of film." --r.d. Maccann "This text marks a watershed in film theory. Mitry sums up the first fif...A fresh, compelling, essential work of film theory. Recommended for all libraries. --choice "[Jean Mitry] is the aristotle of film." --r.d. Maccann "This text marks a watershed in film theory. Mitry sums up the first fifty years of theoretical writings on the cinema." --richard abel "The rediscovery of mitry could change the parameters of film teaching, breaking down.".