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What Cinema Is
Contributor(s): Andrew, Dudley (Author)
ISBN: 140510760X     ISBN-13: 9781405107600
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $44.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
Dewey: 793.01
LCCN: 2010004702
Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages
 
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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