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

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

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