Understanding Movies

About Louis Giannetti

Louis Giannetti is a Professor Emeritus of English and Film at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He has taught courses in film literature writing drama and humanities. He has published many articles both popular and scholarly on political subjects literature and drama. In addition to being a professional film critic for several years he has written about movies for such scholarly journals as Literature/Film Quarterly The Western Humanities Review and Film Criticism. Professor Giannetti is also the author of a book on cinema theory Godard and Others: Essays on Film Form published in both Britain and the Unites States. Giannettis other books include Masters of the American Cinema (Prentice Hall 1981) a survey of American fiction films from the perspective of eighteen key figures. Flashback: A Brief History of Film Sixth Edition (Allyn & Bacon 2010) written with Scott Eyman is a history organized by decade outlining the major events trends and important filmmakers and their work with emphasis on the American cinema. Both books are copiously illustrated. Understanding Movies has been a bestselling text in all its previous editions widely used in the United States and in such countries as Australia Britain Singapore Canada New Zealand South Africa and Japan.