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Record Nr.

UNISA996210785703316

Autore

Kolker Robert Philip

Titolo

The altering eye [[electronic resource] ] : contemporary international cinema / / Robert Phillip Kolker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Open Book Publishers, 2009

ISBN

1-906924-03-1

2-8218-1695-2

1-906924-05-8

Edizione

[Rev. ed. with a new preface and up updated bibliography.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 326 pages) : illustrations, photographs; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

791.4309045

Soggetti

Motion picture plays - History and criticism

Motion pictures - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First edition published in 1983 by Oxford University Press."--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

New Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Validity of the Image -- 2. The Substance of Form -- 3. Politics, Psychology, and Memory -- Notes -- Annotated Bibliography -- Selected Bibliography on European Cinema Since 1983 -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Altering Eye covers a "golden age" of international cinema from the end of WWII through to the New German Cinema of the 1970's. Combining historical, political, and textual analysis, Kolker develops a pattern of cinematic invention and experimentation from neorealism through the modernist interventions of Jean-Luc Godard and Rainer Maria Fassbinder, focusing along the way on such major figures as Luis Buñuel, Joseph Losey, the Brazilian director Glauber Rocha, and the work of major Cuban filmmakers. Kolker's book has become a much quoted classic in the field of film studies providing essential reading for anybody interested in understanding the history of European and international cinema. This new and revised edition includes a substantive new preface by the author and an updated bibliography."--Publisher's website.