| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 269 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Film + culture series
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Film and culture.
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| Note |
Translated from the Italian. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index. |
| Contents |
The gaze of its age -- Framing the world -- Double vision -- The glass eye -- Strong sensations -- The place of the observer -- Glosses, oxymorons, and discipline -- Remains of the day. |
| Summary |
Is it true that film in the twentieth century experimented with vision more than any other art form? And what visions did it privilege? In this brilliant book, acclaimed film scholar Francesco Casetti situates the cinematic experience within discourses of twentieth-century modernity. He suggests that film defined a unique gaze, not only because it recorded many of the century's most important events, but also because it determined the manner in which they were received. Casetti begins by examining film's nature as a medium in an age obsessed with immediacy, nearness, and accessib. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- History.
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Motion pictures. |
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History. |
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Occhio del Novecento. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008000476
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780231511490 0231511493 (DLC) 2007053009 (OCoLC)184821694 |
| ISBN |
9780231511490 (electronic book) |
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0231511493 (electronic book) |
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9780231139946 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0231139942 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780231139953 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0231139950 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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