Author : Dudley Andrew
Release : 2011-09-09
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 417/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis What Cinema Is! by : Dudley Andrew
Download or read book What Cinema Is! written by Dudley Andrew. This book was released on 2011-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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