What Cinema Is!
Blackwell Manifestos
1. Edition April 2010
180 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
What Cinema Is! explores Andre Bazin's '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, this provocative volume establishes cinema's distinction from the current enthusiasm over audio-visual entertainment, without relegating cinema to a single, older mode.
From the artfilms cherished by cinephiles after WWII to a technologically 'expanded cinema' practiced by hybrid cineastes of late, Andrew traces the long nerve of an idea that has made cinema supremely alive to (and in) our times.
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
Prologue: The Target of Film Theory.
1. The Camera Searching in the World.
2. The Editor's Discovery of Form.
3. The Projector as Spectator's Searchlight.
4. The Evolution of the Subjects of Cinema.
Index.
