Cambridge Studies in Film – serie
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29 produkter
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 …
Inside Soviet Film Satire
Häftad, 2005
708 kr
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Inside Soviet Film Satire is a lively collection of sixteen original essays by Soviet, American and Canadian scholars and film commentators. It is the first indepth examination of an important genre within the Soviet film tradition. From its origins, humour and satire have been closely linked in …
The British Documentary Film Movement, 1926-1946
Av Paul Swann
Häftad, 2008
638 kr
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The most important and internationally influential development in British cinema was the documentary film movement led by John Grierson in the 1930s and 1940s. Paul Swann's study is a political and social history of this movement, which was characterized by actuality-based films made outside the …
The Gorgon's Gaze
German Cinema, Expressionism, and the Image of Horror
Av Paul Coates
Häftad, 2008
656 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 …
Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost
Av Michael Brashinsky, Andrew Horton
Häftad, 2008
569 kr
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Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost gathers together twenty-three essays written by some of Russia's most astute commentators of film and culture. Written during the 1980s and published in English for the first time, this collection includes reviews of films such as Little Vera and Taxi …
Horror Film and Psychoanalysis
Freud's Worst Nightmare
Häftad, 2009
483 kr
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Psychoanalytic theory has been the subject of attacks from philosophers, cultural critics and scientists who have questioned the cogency of its reasoning as well as the soundness of its premises. Nevertheless, when used to shed light on horror cinema, psychoanalysis in its various forms has proven …
Film at the Intersection of High and Mass Culture
Av Paul Coates
Häftad, 2009
604 kr
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Film at the Intersection of High and Mass Culture analyses the contradictions and interaction between high and low art, with particular reference to Hollywood and European cinema. Written in the essayistic speculative tradition of Walter Benjamin and Thedor Adorno, this study also includes analyses …
Film and Phenomenology
Towards a Realist Theory of Cinematic Representation
Häftad, 2009
396 kr
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In Film and Phenomenology, Allan Casebier develops a theory of representation first indicated in the writings of the father of phenomenology, Edmund Husserl, and then applies it to the case of cinematic representation. This work provides one of the clearest expositions of Husserl's highly …
Metaphor and Film
Häftad, 2009
591 kr
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In Metaphor and Film, Trevor Whittock demonstrates that feature films are permeated by metaphors that were consciously introduced by directors. An examination of cinematic metaphor forces us to reconsider the nature of metaphor itself, and the ways by which such visual imagery can be recognised and …
The British Documentary Film Movement, 1926-1946
Av Paul Swann
Inbunden, 1989
1719 kr
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The most important and internationally influential development in British cinema was the documentary film movement led by John Grierson in the 1930s and 1940s. Paul Swann's study is a political and social history of this movement, which was characterized by actuality-based films made outside the …
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 …
The Taste for Beauty
Av Eric Rohmer
Häftad, 1990
431 kr
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The Taste for Beauty is a collection of essays by the film-maker and critic Eric Rohmer which were originally written for the French Film review Cahiers du Cinema between 1948-1979. Rohmer, one of the founding members of the French 'New Wave' cinema, was also one of the journal's original critics …
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, …
Melodrama and Asian Cinema
Inbunden, 1993
1711 kr
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Cinema is a dominant force in the lives of many people living in Asia. A concept central to much of Asian film production is melodrama. This path-breaking study examines the importance of melodrama in the film traditions of Japan, India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia. Exploring …
Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost
Av Michael Brashinsky, Andrew Horton
Inbunden, 1994
1659 kr
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Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost gathers together twenty-three essays written by some of Russia's most astute commentators of film and culture. Written during the 1980s and published in English for the first time, this collection includes reviews of films such as Little Vera and Taxi …
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. …
Theorizing the Moving Image
Av Noel Carroll
Häftad, 1996
604 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 …
Melodrama and Asian Cinema
Häftad, 2005
863 kr
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Cinema is a dominant force in the lives of many people living in Asia. A concept central to much of Asian film production is melodrama. This path-breaking study examines the importance of melodrama in the film traditions of Japan, India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia. Exploring …
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 …
Recycled Culture in Contemporary Art and Film
The Uses of Nostalgia
Av Vera Dika
Inbunden, 2003
1728 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 '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 …
Horror Film and Psychoanalysis
Freud's Worst Nightmare
Inbunden, 2004
1728 kr
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Psychoanalytic theory has been the subject of attacks from philosophers, cultural critics and scientists who have questioned the cogency of its reasoning as well as the soundness of its premises. Nevertheless, when used to shed light on horror cinema, psychoanalysis in its various forms has proven …
