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: hbk ISBN 9781405107594
内容説明
What Cinema Is! offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin'sfamous question, exploring his 'idea of cinema' with a sweepinglook back at the near century of Cinema's phenomenal ascendancy. * Written by one of the foremost film scholars of our time * Establishes cinema's distinction from the current enthusiasmover audio-visual entertainment, without relegating cinema to asingle, older mode * Examines cinema's institutions and its social force through thequalities of key films * Traces the history of an idea that has made cinema supremelyalive to (and in) our times
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Acknowledgments ix Prologue: The Target of Film Theory xiii 1 The Camera Searching in the World 1 Is a Camera Essential? 1 The Cahiers Axiom 4 Tracing Bazin s Trace 11 Images Contested Today 17 2 The Editor s Discovery of Form 29 Bazin s Forerunners 31 Documentaries in the Cauldron of History 37 The Cahiers Line 42 Pursuing Cinema in the Twenty-First Century 48 3 The Projector as Spectator s Searchlight 66 The Power of Projection 69 Opening the Screen s Dimensions 74 Frame as Threshold 79 Writing out of the Frame 90 4 The Evolution of the Subjects of Cinema 98 Modern Film: Between Classic and Avant-Garde 99 The Ontogeny of Cinema 110 Credits and Auteurs: An Ecology of Adaptation 123 Fidelity: The Economy of Adaptation 129 Index 147
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: pbk ISBN 9781405107600
内容説明
What Cinema Is! offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin's famous question, exploring his 'idea of cinema' with a sweeping look back at the near century of Cinema's phenomenal ascendancy.
Written by one of the foremost film scholars of our time
Establishes cinema's distinction from the current enthusiasm over audio-visual entertainment, without relegating cinema to a single, older mode
Examines cinema's institutions and its social force through the qualities of key films
Traces the history of an idea that has made cinema supremely alive to (and in) our times
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Acknowledgments ix
Prologue: The Target of Film Theory xiii
1 The Camera Searching in the World 1
Is a Camera Essential? 1
The Cahiers Axiom 4
Tracing Bazin's Trace 11
Images Contested Today 17
2 The Editor's Discovery of Form 29
Bazin's Forerunners 31
Documentaries in the Cauldron of History 37
The Cahiers Line 42
Pursuing Cinema in the Twenty-First Century 48
3 The Projector as Spectator's Searchlight 66
The Power of Projection 69
Opening the Screen's Dimensions 74
Frame as Threshold 79
Writing out of the Frame 90
4 The Evolution of the Subjects of Cinema 98
Modern Film: Between Classic and Avant-Garde 99
The Ontogeny of Cinema 110
Credits and Auteurs: An Ecology of Adaptation 123
Fidelity: The Economy of Adaptation 129
Index 147
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