| The Essay Film After Fact and Fiction Contributor(s): Alter, Nora M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231178204 ISBN-13: 9780231178204 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - Genres - Documentary - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Art | Film & Video |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2017028033 |
| Series: Film and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nora M. Alter reveals the essay film to be a hybrid genre that fuses the categories of feature, art, and documentary film. Like its literary predecessor, the essay film draws on a variety of forms and approaches; in the process, it fundamentally alters the shape of cinema. The Essay Film After Fact and Fiction locates the genre's origins in early silent cinema and follows its transformation with the advent of sound, its legitimation in the postwar period, and its multifaceted development at the turn of the millennium. In addition to exploring the broader history of the essay film, Alter addresses the innovative ways contemporary artists such as Martha Rosler, Isaac Julien, Harun Farocki, John Akomfrah, and Hito Steyerl have taken up the essay film in their work. |