"A revision and reworking of author's
Film study: a resource guide [...]. A complex set, combining elements of a research guide, textbook, and bibliographic handbook. Organized around broad concepts (e.g., film technique and criticism, genre study, stereotyping in film, themes, film history), with many subsections, the first three volumes consist of extensively annotated essays accompanied by annotated lists of English-language books and representative films. In all, provides critical analyses of about 2,000 books, often at review length. Vol. 4 contains: glossary; appendixes of periodicals, distributors, production codes, archives and libraries, bookstores, publishers, etc.; and indexes of authors, titles, personalities, subjects, and films. Despite the intricate arrangement and a small, poorly registered typeface, a useful survey of film literature in English." (Balay,
Guide to reference books, 11th ed, 1996)