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Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J
The author argues in this book that what is most important for cinema is that we are alive with it and that for all its dramatic, literary, political, sociological, and philosophical weight, film is ultimately an art that provokes, touches, and...
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Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt / Zentrale
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The author argues in this book that what is most important for cinema is that we are alive with it and that for all its dramatic, literary, political, sociological, and philosophical weight, film is ultimately an art that provokes, touches, and riddles the viewer through an image that transcends narrative and theory
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245) and index
Contents; Acknowledgments; Overture; Chapter 1: A Voluptuous Gaze; Chapter 2: The Hero in the China Sea; Chapter 3: A Great Face; Chapter 4: The Smoke and the Knife; Chapter 5: A Call from Everywhere; Chapter 6: As Time Goes By; Chapter 7: The Speaking Eye; Chapter 8: Not an Unusual Story; Chapter 9: The Horse Who Drank the Sky; Works Cited and Consulted; Index; About the Author.
