What is cinema? Vol. 1

What is cinema? Vol. 1 / by André Bazin ; foreword by Jean Renoir ; new foreword by Dudley Andrew ; essays selected and translated by Hugh Gray.

André Bazin's What Is Cinema? (volumes I and II) have been classics of film studies for as long as they've been available and are considered the gold standard in the field of film criticism. Although Bazin made no films, his name has been one of the most important in French cinema since W...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bazin, André, 1918-1958
Other Authors: Andrew, Dudley, 1945-, Gray, Hugh, 1900-1981, Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Motion pictures.
Performing arts.
performing arts (discipline)
Motion pictures
Performing arts
Films.
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Qu'est-ce que le cinéma?
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Foreword to the 2004 Edition; Introduction; The Ontology of the Photographic Image; The Myth of Total Cinema; The Evolution of the Language of Cinema; The Virtues and Limitations of Montage; In Defense of Mixed Cinema; Theater and Cinema Part One; Theater and Cinema Part Two; Le Journal d'un curé de campagne and the Stylistics of Robert Bresson; Charlie Chaplin; Cinema and Exploration; Painting and Cinema; Sources and Translator's Notes; Index.

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