What cinema is!
Dudley Andrew
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What cinema is!
Published
2010
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Pages
184
ISBN-13
9781405107594
Description
What Cinema Is! offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin's famous question through a sweeping look back over the phenomenal ascendancy of a certain idea of cinema. Written by one of the foremost film scholars of our time, this provocative volume proclaims cinema's distinct value not just for the last century but for our current audio–visual culture. Whatever cinema may yet become, this unique idea should orient and guide it. Examining cinema's institutions and its social force but always through the qualities of key films 'What Cinema Is!' testifies to the power of something that didn't even exist before 1895. From the art films cherished by cinephiles after World War II through the banner years of the New Wave to a technologically expanded cinema, Andrew traces the long nerve of this idea that has made cinema supremely alive to (and in) our times.
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This edition of What cinema is! has approximately 184 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, What cinema is! typically takes between 3h 50m and 2h 33m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 46,000 words and common reading speeds.
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Who is the author of What cinema is!?
What cinema is! was written by Dudley Andrew.
When was What cinema is! published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 2010. The original work may have been published on a different date.