Introduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema. This completely revised and updated fifth edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies, traces the historical development of film and introduces some of the worlds key national cinemas. A range of theories and theorists are presented from Formalism to Feminism, from Eisenstein to Deleuze. Each chapter is written by a subject specialist, including two new authors for the fifth edition. A wide range of films are analysed and discussed. It is lavishly illustrated with 150 film stills and production shots, in full colour throughout. Reviewed widely by teachers in the field and with a foreword by Bill Nichols, it will be essential reading for any introductory student of film and media studies or the visual arts worldwide. Key features of the fifth edition are: updated coverage of a wide range of concepts, theories and issues in film studies in-depth discussion of the contemporary film industry and technological changes new chapters on Film and Technology and Latin American Cinema new case studies on films such as District 9, Grizzly Man, Amores Perros, Avatar, Made in Dagenham and many others marginal key terms, notes, cross-referencing suggestions for further reading, further viewing and a comprehensive glossary and bibliography a new, improved companion website including popular case studies and chapters from previous editions (including chapters on German Cinema and The French New Wave), links to supporting sites, clips, questions and useful resources. Individual chapters include: The Industrial Contexts of Film Production * Film and Technology * Getting to the Bigger * Picture Film Form and Narrative * Spectator, Audience and Response * Cinematic authorship and the film auteur * Stardom and Hollywood Cinema * Genre, Theory and Hollywood Cinema The Documentary Form * The Language of Animation * Gender and Film * Lesbian and Gay Cinema * Spectacle, Stereotypes and Films of the African Diaspora * British Cinema * Indian Cinema * Latin American Cinema * Soviet Montage Cinema of the 1920s Contributors: Linda Craig, Lalitha Gopalan, Terri Francis, Chris Jones, Mark Joyce, Searle Kochberg, Lawrence Napper, Jill Nelmes, Patrick Phillips, Suzanne Speidel, Paul Ward, Paul Watson, Paul Wells and William Wittington

编者吉尔·内尔姆斯（Jill Nelmes），东伦敦大学电影学高级讲师，教授从本科到研究生的一系列课程，学术研究的重点包括性别与电影以及剧本创作。她是威尔士联合教育委员会媒体研究专业的监审员，近两年在加州大学洛杉矶分校研究剧本创作学并供职于洛杉矶电影界。关于本书其他撰稿人的情况，请见书中专页的详尽介绍。

译者李小刚，1957年8月出生，曾任职中国艺术研究院《文艺理论与批评》编辑部。1996年至今，任《世界电影》双月刊副编审。主要论文、序跋和导读多篇，散见《电影艺术》《青年文学》《文艺报》《世界电影》等报刊。发表的主要译文（含电影剧本）约50余篇，散见《世界电影》1994年至今各期。编著有《希区柯克经典悬念电影小说集》《九十年代世界流行影片》《鬼眼：世界经典恐怖电影小说集》《万事由来》（含合编）等。另有译著《权力伙伴：克林顿与希拉里的美国》《美国与东亚：冲突与合作》《基因突变》《游侠》等十余种。