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Essays on the Essay Film
Nora M. (Ed) Alter
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Hardback. Editor(s): Alter, Nora M.; Corrigan, Timothy. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
The essay-with its emphasis on the provisional and explorative rather than on definitive statements-has evolved from its literary beginnings and is now found in all mediums, including film. Today, the essay film is, arguably, one of the most widely acclaimed and critically discussed forms of filmmaking around the world, with practitioners such as Chris Marker, Hito Steyerl, Errol Morris, Trinh T. Minh-ha, and Rithy Panh. Characteristics of the essay film include the blending of fact and fiction, the mixing of art- and documentary-film styles, the foregrounding of subjective points of view, a concentration on public life, a tension between acoustic ... Read more
The essay-with its emphasis on the provisional and explorative rather than on definitive statements-has evolved from its literary beginnings and is now found in all mediums, including film. Today, the essay film is, arguably, one of the most widely acclaimed and critically discussed forms of filmmaking around the world, with practitioners such as Chris Marker, Hito Steyerl, Errol Morris, Trinh T. Minh-ha, and Rithy Panh. Characteristics of the essay film include the blending of fact and fiction, the mixing of art- and documentary-film styles, the foregrounding of subjective points of view, a concentration on public life, a tension between acoustic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Series
Film and Culture Series
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231172660
SKU
V9780231172660
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About Nora M. (Ed) Alter
Nora M. Alter is professor of film and media studies in the School of Theater, Film and Media Arts at Temple University. She is author of Vietnam Protest Theatre: The Television War on Stage (1996), Projecting History: German Nonfiction Cinema, 1967-2000 (2002), and Chris Marker (2006), and co-editor (with Lutz Koepnick) of Sound Matters: Essays on the Acoustics of Modern ... Read more
Reviews for Essays on the Essay Film
Creatively and capaciously, this rich volume gets at the essay film not only by including key critics and practitioners of the form but, importantly, by going beyond the genre itself to broader contributions to essay theorization from philosophy and belles lettres. An exciting, inventive volume with great delights at every turn.
Dana Polan, New York University Alter and Corrigan's ... Read more
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