The Debate Goes On: Form vs Ideal

Argument
-Although both Formalist Film Criticism and Ideological Film Theory derive from the same point of origin, they hold a much different amount of importance as to their effectiveness. Formalist Film Criticism holds the more clout, in my opinion, because it is the only one that can read the structures and intricacies of the film proper making it come alive in meaning; whereas, Ideological theory fails to separate the medium from its literary counterpart, the novel.

Claim One
>Both Formalist Criticism and Ideological theory come from the same way of thinking about film that came before it, including preceding theories such as: Marxist and Auteur Theory.
-Support One
>Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"
-what is cinema?
>what is Theory of film?

Claim Two
>Formalist Criticism allows the person viewing to delve into the film's world and use the pieces that are given only through the film to express the true meaning behind it, unlike Ideological theory.
-Support Two
>Robin Wood's "Psycho" vs Laura Mulvey Death 24x a Second(excerpt)

Claim Three
>A perfect example of how effective Formalist criticism can be is through the analysis of Hitchcock's Psycho.
-Support Three
>Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
>Robin Wood's "Psycho"
-the meaning of objects and eyes.