Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. NOTES ON TRANSLATION, GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS ix
5. INTRODUCTION xv
6. ILLUSTRATIONS xlvii
7. VISIBLE MAN or the Culture of Film
8. THREE ADDRESSES BY WAY OF A PREFACE 3
9. VISIBLE MAN 9
10. SKETCHES FOR A THEORY OF FILM 17
11. TWO PORTRAITS 85
12. THE SPIRIT OF FILM
13. SEVEN YEARS 93
14. THE PRODUCTIVE CAMERA 98
15. THE CLOSE-UP 100
16. SET-UP 112
17. MONTAGE 122
18. MONTAGE WITHOUT CUTTING 132
19. FLIGHT FROM THE STORY 146
20. THE ABSOLUTE FILM 159
21. COLOUR FILM AND OTHER POSSIBILITIES 178
22. THE SOUND FILM 183
23. IDEOLOGICAL REMARKS 211
24. APPENDIX: REVIEWS 231
25. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 235
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 237
27. INDEX 241