What Cinema Is

von Andrew

182 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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

• Reihe: John Wiley & Sons
• ISBN: 9781405107600
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.04.2010
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons