I also used Barsam's Looking at Movies for the first time last semester and
found it very useful - it adds some terminology and "concepts" that Bordwell
& Thompson don't discuss and the examples are fresh. I also liked the
accompanying DVD which had useful close analysis (mainly of Night of the
Hunter, as I recall). I'm not sure about his use of the terms "hubs" and
"satellites" to discuss narrative structure, but it does all seem to make
sense.
In the UK, Film Art is very expensive indeed and Barsam's book is
considerably cheaper.
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