CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Notes on Contributors

Foreword by Bill Nichols

Introduction

clive myer

PART ONE: REFRAMING

1    Theoretical Practice: Diegesis Is Not a Code of Cinema

clive myer

2    Cinema, Theory, Women

noel burch

3    Theory and Practice

peter wollen

4    Passing Time: Reflections on the Old and the New

laura mulvey

5    Sublime Acts: The Fate of Resistance between Film Theory and Practice

patrick fuery

6    Rancière and the Persistence of Film Theory

nico baumbach

7    Behind the Mask of the Screenplay:The Screen Idea

ian w. macdonald

8    The Theory-Practice Interface in Film Education: Observational Documentary in India

aparna sharma

9    The Student Author, Lacanian Discourse Theory and La nuit américaine

coral houtman

10   Just Because You Have Eyes Does Not Mean You Can See

peter greenaway

11  Theory for Practice: Ceci n’est pas l’épistémologie

brian winston

PART TWO: CONVERSATIONS

12  Film and Philosophy: An Interview with Mike Figgis

clive myer

13  Playing with New Toys: An Interview with Peter Greenaway

clive myer

14  An Interview with Noel Burch: Playing with Toys by the Wayside

clive myer

Index