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Must We Kill the Thing We Love?
Emersonian Perfectionism and the Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Inbunden, 2014
2073 kr
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William Rothman argues that the driving force of Hitchcock's work was his struggle to reconcile the dark vision of his favorite Oscar Wilde quote, "Each man kills the thing he loves," with the quintessentially American philosophy, articulated in Emerson's writings, that gave classical Hollywood …
Must We Kill the Thing We Love?
Emersonian Perfectionism and the Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Häftad, 2014
281 kr
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William Rothman argues that the driving force of Hitchcock's work was his struggle to reconcile the dark vision of his favorite Oscar Wilde quote, "Each man kills the thing he loves," with the quintessentially American philosophy, articulated in Emerson's writings, that gave classical Hollywood …
Recycled Culture in Contemporary Art and Film
The Uses of Nostalgia
Av Vera Dika, William Rothman m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
638 kr
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The reuse of images, plots and genres from film history has become prominent in contemporary culture. In this study, Vera Dika explores this phenomenon from a broad range of critical perspectives, examining works of art and film that resist the pull of the past. Dika provides an in-depth analysis …
The Gorgon's Gaze
German Cinema, Expressionism, and the Image of Horror
Av Paul Coates, William Rothman m. fl.
Inbunden, 1991
2091 kr
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The Gorgon's Gaze is an interdisciplinary study of recurrent themes in German cinema as it has developed since the early twentieth century. Focusing on pertinent films of the pre- and post-World War II eras, Paul Coates explores the nature of expressionism, which is generally agreed to have ended …
Renoir on Renoir
Interviews, Essays, and Remarks
Av Jean Renoir, William Rothman m. fl.
Häftad, 1990
569 kr
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Renoir on Renoir is a 1990 collection of essays by, and interviews of, the legendary filmmaker Jean Renoir, who created such classics as The Grand Illusion, The River and The Rules of the Game. Renoir's career in cinema, which straddled the transition from silent film to the talkies, has influenced …
Another Frank Capra
Av Leland Poague, William Rothman m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
1002 kr
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Another Frank Capra offers a new interpretation of the great Hollywood director beyond the patriotic sentimentalist or the cynical opportunist that he has been taken for. Often cast as a cinematic simpleton or primitive, Capra's exploitation of the stylistic and narrative resources of cinema was, …
Documentary Film Classics
Av William Rothman, William Rothman m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
310 kr
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Documentary Film Classics offers close readings on a number of major films, such as Nanook of the North, Land Without Bread, Night and Fog, Chronicle of a Summer and Don't Look Back. Spanning the history of the documentary film tradition, William Rothman analyses the philosophical and historical …
Theorizing the Moving Image
Av Noel Carroll, William Rothman m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1659 kr
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A selection of essays written by a leading film critic, this 1996 volume examines theoretical aspects of film and television through penetrating analyses of such genres as soap opera, documentary, comedy, and such topics as 'sight gags', film metaphor, point-of-view editing, and movie music. …
The 'I' of the Camera
Essays in Film Criticism, History, and Aesthetics
Häftad, 2003
604 kr
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The 'I' of the Camera has become a classic in the literature of film. Offering alternatives to the viewing and criticism of film, William Rothman challenges readers to think about film in adventurous ways that are more open to movies and our experience of them. In a series of eloquent essays …
John Huston's Filmmaking
Av Lesley Brill, William Rothman m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
448 kr
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John Huston's Filmmaking offers an analysis of the life and work of one of the greatest American independent filmmakers. Always visually exciting, Huston's films sensitively portray humankind in all its incarnations, chronicling the attempts by protagonists to conceive and articulate their …
Projecting Illusion
Film Spectatorship and the Impression of Reality
Av Richard Allen, William Rothman
Häftad, 1997
727 kr
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Projecting Illusion offers a systematic analysis of the impression of reality in the cinema and the pleasure it gives to the film spectator. Film provides a compelling experience that can be considered as a form of illusion akin to the experience of day-dream and dream. Examining the concept of …
Interpreting the Moving Image
Av Noel Carroll, William Rothman m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
604 kr
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Interpreting the Moving Image is a collection of essays by one of the most astute critics of cinema at work today. This volume provides a close analysis of major films of both the narrative and the avant-garde traditions. Written in accessible and engaging language, it also serves as a guide to …
The Cinema of Satyajit Ray
Between Tradition and Modernity
Av Darius Cooper, William Rothman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1403 kr
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Satyajit Ray is India's greatest filmmaker and his importance in the international world of cinema has long been recognised. Darius Cooper's study of Ray is the first to examine his rich and varied work from a social and historical perspective, and to situate it within Indian aesthetics. Providing …
The Cinema of Satyajit Ray
Between Tradition and Modernity
Av Darius Cooper, William Rothman m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
396 kr
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Satyajit Ray is India's greatest filmmaker and his importance in the international world of cinema has long been recognised. Darius Cooper's study of Ray is the first to examine his rich and varied work from a social and historical perspective, and to situate it within Indian aesthetics. Providing …
The 'I' of the Camera
Essays in Film Criticism, History, and Aesthetics
Inbunden, 2003
1607 kr
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The 'I' of the Camera has become a classic in the literature of film. Offering alternatives to the viewing and criticism of film, William Rothman challenges readers to think about film in adventurous ways that are more open to movies and our experience of them. In a series of eloquent essays …
Reading Cavell's the World Viewed
A Philosophical Perspective on Film
Häftad, 2000
383 kr
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In their study of one of Stanley Cavell's greatest yet most neglected books, William Rothman and Marian Keane address this eminent philosopher's many readers, from a variety of disciplines, who have neither understood why he has given film so much attention, nor grasped the place of ""The World …
Three Documentary Filmmakers
Errol Morris, Ross McElwee, Jean Rouch
Häftad, 2009
657 kr
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Uses new critical approaches to demonstrate deep affinities in these vastly different filmmakers' philosophies on film, fantasy, and reality.Film study has tended to treat documentary as a marginal form, but as the essays in Three Documentary Filmmakers demonstrate, the films of Jean Rouch, Ross …
Hitchcock
The Murderous Gaze
Häftad, 2012
561 kr
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An expanded edition of a classic work of film criticism, with a provocative and eloquent new chapter on Marnie, Hitchcock's most heartfelt—and most controversial—film.First published in 1982, William Rothman's Hitchcock is a classic work of film criticism. Written in an engaging style that is …
Tuitions and Intuitions
Essays at the Intersection of Film Criticism and Philosophy
Häftad, 2019
662 kr
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Makes the case that philosophy has an essential role to play in the serious study of film.William Rothman has long been considered one of the seminal figures in the field of film-philosophy. From his landmark book Hitchcock: The Murderous Gaze, now in its second edition, to the essays collected …
Holiday in His Eye
Stanley Cavell's Vision of Film and Philosophy
Inbunden, 2021
1286 kr
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Presents an original, insightful, and compelling vision of the trajectory of Cavell's oeuvre, one that takes his kinship with Emerson as inextricably bound up with his ever-deepening thinking about movies.From The World Viewed to Cities of Words, writing about movies was strand over strand with …
Holiday in His Eye
Stanley Cavell's Vision of Film and Philosophy
Häftad, 2022
381 kr
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Presents an original, insightful, and compelling vision of the trajectory of Cavell's oeuvre, one that takes his kinship with Emerson as inextricably bound up with his ever-deepening thinking about movies.From The World Viewed to Cities of Words, writing about movies was strand over strand with …
Cavell on Film
Av Stanley Cavell, William Rothman
Häftad, 2025
463 kr
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A collection of the philosopher Stanley Cavell's most important writings on cinema.Stanley Cavell was the first philosopher in the Anglo-American tradition to make film a central concern of his work, and this volume offer a substantially complete retrospective of his writings on cinema, which …
Cavell on Film
Av Stanley Cavell, William Rothman
Inbunden, 2025
1872 kr
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A collection of the philosopher Stanley Cavell's most important writings on cinema.Stanley Cavell was the first philosopher in the Anglo-American tradition to make film a central concern of his work, and this volume offer a substantially complete retrospective of his writings on cinema, which …
Three Documentary Filmmakers
Errol Morris, Ross McElwee, Jean Rouch
Inbunden, 2009
1154 kr
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Uses new critical approaches to demonstrate deep affinities in these vastly different filmmakers' philosophies on film, fantasy, and reality.Film study has tended to treat documentary as a marginal form, but as the essays in Three Documentary Filmmakers demonstrate, the films of Jean Rouch, Ross …
Hitchcock
The Murderous Gaze
Inbunden, 2012
1179 kr
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An expanded edition of a classic work of film criticism, with a provocative and eloquent new chapter on Marnie, Hitchcock's most heartfelt—and most controversial—film.First published in 1982, William Rothman's Hitchcock is a classic work of film criticism. Written in an engaging style that is …
Looking with Robert Gardner
Av Rebecca Meyers, William Rothman m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
422 kr
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Assesses the range and magnitude of Robert Gardner's achievements as a filmmaker, photographer, writer, educator, and champion of independent cinema.During his lifetime, Robert Gardner (1925–2014) was often pigeonholed as an ethnographic filmmaker, then criticized for failing to conform to the …
Looking with Robert Gardner
Av Rebecca Meyers, William Rothman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1087 kr
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Assesses the range and magnitude of Robert Gardner's achievements as a filmmaker, photographer, writer, educator, and champion of independent cinema.During his lifetime, Robert Gardner (1925–2014) was often pigeonholed as an ethnographic filmmaker, then criticized for failing to conform to the …
Tuitions and Intuitions
Essays at the Intersection of Film Criticism and Philosophy
Inbunden, 2019
1111 kr
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Makes the case that philosophy has an essential role to play in the serious study of film.William Rothman has long been considered one of the seminal figures in the field of film-philosophy. From his landmark book Hitchcock: The Murderous Gaze, now in its second edition, to the essays collected …
