In its retrieval and (re)construction, the past has become interwoven with the images and structure of cinema. Not only have mass media especially film and television shaped the content of memories and histories, but they have also shaped their very form. Combining historicization with close readings of German director Ernst Lubitsch's historical films, this book focuses on an early turning point in this development, exploring how the medium of film shaped modern historical experience and understanding how it moved embodied audiences through moving images.
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In its retrieval and (re)construction, the past has become interwoven with the images and structure of cinema. Not only have mass media especially ...
An emerging interest in a British East and Southeast Asian identity after decades of political and social exclusion has coincided with periods of economic and political challenges in the UK.
An emerging interest in a British East and Southeast Asian identity after decades of political and social exclusion has coincided with periods of econ...
This book addresses a prominent group of virtues and vices as portrayed in popular films to further our understanding of these moral character traits. The discussions emphasize the interplay between the philosophical conception of the virtues and vices and the cinematic representations of character.
This book addresses a prominent group of virtues and vices as portrayed in popular films to further our understanding of these moral character traits....
This book makes the case for unproduction studies, the study of films left unmade, unseen, or unreleased, as a radical discipline with the potential to uncover a shadow history of the American film industry.
This book makes the case for unproduction studies, the study of films left unmade, unseen, or unreleased, as a radical discipline with the potential t...
