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1 online resource (viii, 281 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
"Berghahn on film"--Cover. |
| Summary |
In Theses on Feuerbach, Marx writes, "The philosophers have only interpreted the world differently; the point is to change it." This collection examines how filmmakers have tried to change the world by engaging in emancipatory politics through their work, and how audiences have received them. It presents a wide spectrum of case studies, covering both film and digital technology, with examples from throughout cinematic history and around the world, including Soviet Russia, Palestine, South America, and France. Discussions range from the classic Marxist cinema of Aleksandr Medvedkin, Chris Marker, and Jean-Luc Godard, to recent media such as 5 Broken Cameras (2010), the phenomena of video-blogging, and bicycle activism films. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Between socialist modernisation and cinematic modernism: the revolutionary politics of aesthetics of Medvedkin's cinema-train / Gal Kirn -- Politics and aesthetics within Godard's cinema / Jeremy Spence -- Marker, activism and melancholy: reflections on the radical '60s in the later films of Chris Marker / Jon Kear -- Marx immemorial: workers and peasants in the cinema of Jean-Marie Straub and Daniåle Huillet / Manuel Ramos Martinez -- In the heat of the factory: the global fires of the hour of the furnaces / Bruce Williams -- Contemporary political cinema: the impossibility of passivity / William Brown -- Cultural resistance through film: the case of Palestinian cinema / Haim Bresheeth -- The contemporary landscape of video-activism in Britain / Steve Presence -- Marxist resistance at bicycle speed: screening the critical mass movement / Lars Kristensen -- Tales of a video blogger / Michael Chanan -- Recovering the future: Marxism and film audiences / Martin Barker. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Political aspects.
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects. |
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Motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
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Communism and motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects. |
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Communism and motion pictures. |
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. |
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mazierska, Ewa, editor.
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Kristensen, Lars Lyngsgaard Fjord, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marxism and film activism. New York : Berghahn Books, 2015 9781782386421 (DLC) 2014033568 (OCoLC)890807864 |
| ISBN |
9781782386438 (electronic book) |
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1782386432 (electronic book) |
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9781782386421 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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1782386424 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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