Body shots : early cinema's incarnations

Body shots : early cinema's incarnations / Jonathan Auerbach.

Argues that it was the human form in motion that most profoundly shaped early cinema. Situating his discussion in a political and historical context, the author begins his analysis with films that reveal striking anxieties and preoccupations about persons on public display. It also considers twentie...

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Main Author: Auerbach, Jonathan, 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Human body in motion pictures.
Silent films > History and criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
Human body in motion pictures
Silent films
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:Argues that it was the human form in motion that most profoundly shaped early cinema. Situating his discussion in a political and historical context, the author begins his analysis with films that reveal striking anxieties and preoccupations about persons on public display. It also considers twentieth-century American incarnation of cinema itself.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 200 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-193) and index.
ISBN:9780520941199
0520941195
9781435611450
1435611454
1282772279
9781282772274
9786612772276
6612772271
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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