Lavishly illustrated with over 123 up-to-date film stills and productions shots, this is the completely revised and updated fourth edition of the comprehensive leading textbook for students of cinema. Guiding students through the key issues and concepts in film studies, "Introduction to Film Studies" traces the historical development of film, and introduces some of the world's key national cinemas. Each chapter is written by a subject specialist, three new authors contribute to the book, a wide range of films are analyzed and discussed, and a broad spectrum of theories and theorists are presented, from formalism to feminism, and from Eisenstein to Deleuze. Key features of the fourth edition are: full coverage of important topics for introductory level; updated coverage of a wide range of concepts, theories and issues in film studies; in-depth discussion of the contemporary film industry; new chapters on Rediscovering Film, Ethnicity, Race and Cinema, Documentary, Film, Form and Narrative, British Cinema, Approaches to Cinematic Authorship; new case studies on films such as Bamboozled, Wild Strawberries, Run Lola Run, Grey Gardens, Grizzly Man, Boy's Don't Cry, Love Actually, and many others marginal key terms, notes, cross-referencing suggestions for further reading, further viewing and a comprehensive glossary and bibliography website resources including updated popular case studies from previous editions, a chapter on German Cinema and links to supporting sites. Widely reviewed by teachers in the field, and including a foreword by Bill Nichols, it will be essential reading for any introductory student of film, media studies or the visual arts worldwide.

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。