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The Lumière Galaxy: Seven Key Words for the Cinema to Come (Film and Culture Series)
Full title: | The Lumière Galaxy: Seven Key Words for the Cinema to Come (Film and Culture Series) |
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ISBN: | 9780231172424 |
ISBN 10: | 0231172427 |
Authors: | Casetti, Francesco |
Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
Num. pages: | 312 |
Binding: | Hardcover |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2015 |
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Synopsis
In This Volume, Francesco Casetti Travels From The Remote Corners Of Film History And Theory To The Most Surprising Sites On The Internet And In Our Cities To Prove The Ongoing Relevance Of Cinema. He Does Away With Traditional Notions Of Canon, Repetition, Apparatus, And Spectatorship In Favour Of New Keywords, Including Expansion, Relocation, Assemblage, And Performance. The Result Is An Innovative Understanding Of Cinema's Place In Our Lives And Culture, Along With A Critical Sea-change In The Study Of The Art. Relocation -- Relics/icons -- Assemblage -- Expansion -- Hypertopia -- Display -- Performance -- The Persistence Of Cinema. Francesco Casetti. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 265-279) And Index.