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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146253503321

Titolo

The cinema of attractions reloaded / / edited by Wanda Strauven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-95844-8

9786610958443

90-485-0553-4

1-4294-5464-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 p.) : illustrations

Collana

Film culture in transition

Altri autori (Persone)

StrauvenWanda

Disciplina

791.4309

Soggetti

Motion pictures - History

Motion pictures - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-433) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction to an Attractive Concept; Theory Formation ["The Cinema of Attractions"]; Attraction Theories and Terminologies ["Early Film"]; Audiences and Attractions [""Its Spectator""]; Attraction Practices through History ["The Avant-Garde": section 1]; Digital Media and (Un)Tamed Attractions [""The Avant-Garde"": section 2]; Dossier; Notes on Contributors; General Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Film Titles; Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

About the attractiveness and usefulness of the term ""cinema of attractions"" for both pre-classical and post-classical cinema