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The Schreiber Theory

A Radical Rewrite of American Film History

ISBN-13: 9780976658337

Contributor(s): David Kipen

Subject: Films & Cinema

Publisher Imprint: Melville House Publishing

Publication Date: 09-04-2009

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£8.99

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About the book

In an edgy and funny manifesto, critic David Kipen contradicts the old film school theory - the auteur theory - that gives all the credit to the director. Instead, in honour of the mother tongue of America's first screenwriters', Kipen uses the Yiddish word for 'writer' to coin The Schreiber Theory, which decrees that knowing who wrote a movie is often a far better guide to knowing whether the movie will be any good or not.'