Reading Time: 15 minutesOverview Definition: Apparatus theory is a film theory approach that studies how cinema’s technical setup and viewing situation place the viewer in a structured spectator position. It was developed by French theorist Jean-Louis Baudry in two 1970s essays and extended by Christian Metz through Lacanian psychoanalysis; Baudry famously compared the cinema spectator to the prisoners… Continue reading Apparatus Theory in Film: Definition, History, Method, and Examples