Flickers of Film : Nostalgia in the Time of Digital Cinema.

Whether paying tribute to silent films in Hugo or celebrating arcade games in Wreck-It-Ralph, Hollywood suddenly seems to be experiencing a wave of intense nostalgia for outmoded technologies. Flickers of Film offers a nuanced look at the benefits and risks of this nostalgia, considering how it regi...

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Main Author: Sperb, Jason
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2015.
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --  |t CONTENTS --  |t PREFACE --  |t ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --  |t Introduction: Self-Theorizing Nostalgia --  |t 1. I'll (Always) Be Back: Virtual Performances; or, The Cinematic Logic of Late Capitalism --  |t 2. They Saw No Future: New Nostalgia Movies and Digital Exhibition --  |t 3. Digital Decasia: Preserving Film, Database Histories, and the Potential Value of Reflective Nostalgia --  |t 4. Going Home ... for the First Time: Pixar Studios, Digital Animation, and the Limits of Reflective Nostalgia --  |t 5. TRON Legacies: Disney and Nostalgia Blockbusters in the Age of Transmedia Storytelling --  |t 6. Game (Not) Over: Video-Game Pastiche and Nostalgic Disavowals in the Postcinematic Era --  |t Conclusion: On Clouds and Be Kind Rewind --  |t Notes --  |t Selected Bibliography --  |t Index --  |t About the Author 
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