Laura Mulvey

In Death 24x a Second, Laura Mulvey addresses some of the key questions of film theory, semiotics, spectatorship, and narrative. New media technologies, such as DVD, have transformed modes of film consumption and thus affected viewers' relationship to the image and to narrative structure. DVDs give viewers control of both image and story, so that films produced to be seen...

Citizen Kane's reputation as one of the greatest films of all time is matched only by the accumulation of critical commentary that surrounds it. What more can there be to say about a masterpiece so universally acknowledged? Laura Mulvey, in a fresh and original reading, illuminates the richness of the film, both thematically and stylistically, relating it to Welles's political...

This book marks a return for Laura Mulvey to questions of film theory and feminism, as well as a reconsideration of new and old film technologies. Its title, Afterimages, alludes to the dislocation of time that runs through many of the films and works in this book, and the way we view them. Structured in three main parts, the book...