“This is work of the first rank, on the bleeding edge of film historicist and theoretical studies as it enters the digital era and leaves film behind. It operates at the highest level of discourse, sharp and sympathetic, and elegantly written."
Wheeler Winston Dixon
author of Black & White Cinema: A Short History
"At its best, Flickers ... Read moreof Film reads like a conversation between a cinephile and his equally passionate reader … Sperb's study reminds us of the need to understand film not just for its narrative possibilities but for its material composition and industrial influences. For Sperb, such attention is not additional trivia for appreciating the films but fundamental to our very analysis of how they work as cultural objects and social documents. The result is a productive update to Jameson's landmark work that shall prove generative to scholars examining digital cinema for years to come."
The Velvet Light Trap
"An eloquent critical examination of a range of nostalgia films, Flickers of Film offers a complex historical analysis that shows nostalgia to have a range of meanings and roles within popular culture."
Chuck Tryon
author of On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies
"Neither a lament for the death of film nor a rallying cry for the future of digital cinema, Flickers of Film examines nostalgia as it is often found in contemporary blockbusters ... This insightful, accessible title will be useful to those with a deep interest in film studies and media history."
CHOICE
"[Flickers of Film] provokes questions and inspires the reader to keep thinking about the connections between past and present in the digital era."
Cineaste
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