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Hidden in Plain Sight
What does it mean to describe cinematic effects as "movie magic," to compare filmmakers to magicians, or to say that the cinema is all a "trick"? The heyday of stage illusionism was over a century ago, so why do such performances still serve as a key reference point for understanding filmmaking, esp... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Thinking in the Dark: Cinema, Theory, Practice
by Murray Pomerance • Johannes Von Moltke • Daniel Morgan • R. Barton Palmer • Dudley Andrew • Tom Conley • Sarah Keller • Colin Williamson • Steven Rybin • Steven Woodward • Jeremy Blatter • Professor William Rothman • Tom Gunning • Gilberto Perez • Professor Kristen Hatch • Dominic Lennard • Alex Clayton • Nathan Holmes • Will Scheibel • Jonah Corne • Professor William Brown • Professor Matthew SolomonToday's film scholars draw from a dizzying range of theoretical perspectives--they're just as likely to cite philosopher Gilles Deleuze as they are to quote classic film theorist André Bazin. To students first encountering them, these theoretical lenses for viewing film can seem exhilarating, but al... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015