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The Lumière Galaxy: Seven Key Words for the Cinema to Come
Francesco Casetti
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Description for The Lumière Galaxy: Seven Key Words for the Cinema to Come
Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Francesco Casetti believes new media technologies are producing an exciting new era in cinema aesthetics. Whether we experience film in the theater, on our hand-held devices, in galleries and museums, onboard and in flight, or up in the clouds in the bits we download, cinema continues to alter our habits and excite our imaginations. 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 favor of new ... Read more
Francesco Casetti believes new media technologies are producing an exciting new era in cinema aesthetics. Whether we experience film in the theater, on our hand-held devices, in galleries and museums, onboard and in flight, or up in the clouds in the bits we download, cinema continues to alter our habits and excite our imaginations. 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 favor of new ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Film and Culture Series
Condition
New
Weight
405g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231172431
SKU
V9780231172431
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About Francesco Casetti
Francesco Casetti is professor of film and media at Yale University. His most recent book is Eye of the Century: Film, Experience, Modernity.
Reviews for The Lumière Galaxy: Seven Key Words for the Cinema to Come
This is a passionate defense of both cinema and cinema studies, written by someone with a thorough command of both film and media theory and driven by a passion for cinema that covers the latest and most advanced incarnations of the screen arts as well as their history. Intellectually astute, refreshing, and liberating, Casetti's work aims to give cinema a ... Read more