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28%OFFAdam Lowenstein - Dreaming of Cinema: Spectatorship, Surrealism, and the Age of Digital Media - 9780231166577 - V9780231166577
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Dreaming of Cinema: Spectatorship, Surrealism, and the Age of Digital Media

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Description for Dreaming of Cinema: Spectatorship, Surrealism, and the Age of Digital Media Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Video games, YouTube channels, Blu-ray discs, and other forms of "new" media have made theatrical cinema seem "old." A sense of "cinema lost" has accompanied the ascent of digital media, and many worry film's capacity to record the real is fundamentally changing. Yet the Surrealist movement never treated cinema as a realist medium and understood our perceptions of the real itself to be a mirage. Returning to their interpretation of film's aesthetics and function, this book reads the writing, films, and art of Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, Andre Breton, Andre Bazin, Roland Barthes, Georges Bataille, Roger Caillois, and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Film and Culture Series
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231166577
SKU
V9780231166577
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About Adam Lowenstein
Adam Lowenstein is associate professor of English and film studies at the University of Pittsburgh, where he also directs the Film Studies Program. He is the author of Shocking Representation: Historical Trauma, National Cinema, and the Modern Horror Film.

Reviews for Dreaming of Cinema: Spectatorship, Surrealism, and the Age of Digital Media
Lowenstein turns technological teleology on its head, arguing that new media studies urgently needs a theory of cinema-both what it was and what it continues to be.
Karl Schoonover, University of Warwick Just how should we access cinema today? Adam Lowenstein, perfectly positioned between two eras, can tell us. Not through nostalgia, that's certain, but through every modern means ... Read more

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