Screening modernism: European art cinema, 1950-1980
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Main Author: Kovács, András Bálint 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press c2007
Series:Cinema and modernity
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [409-413]) and index
Theorizing modernism -- Theories of the classical/modern distinction in the cinema -- Modern art cinema: style or movement? -- Narration in modern cinema -- Genre in modern cinema -- Patterns of modern forms -- Styles modernism -- Naturalist styles -- Ornamental styles -- Theatrical systems -- Modern cinema trends -- Critical reflexivity of the birth of the auteur -- The return of the theatrical -- The destabilization of the fabula -- An alternative to the classical form: noerealism and modernism -- The romantic period, 1959-1961 -- Established modernism, 1962-1966 -- The year 1966 -- Political modernism, 1967-1975 -- "The death of the auteur" -- Appendix: A chronology of modern cinema -- Selected bibliography -- Index of names and movie titles
Casting fresh light on the renowned productions of auteurs like Antonioni, Fellini, and Bresson and drawing out from the shadows a range of important but lesser-known works, Screening Modernism is the first comprehensive study of European art cinema?s postwar heyday. Spanning from the 1950s to the 1970s, András Bálint Kovács?s encyclopedic work argues that cinematic modernism was not a unified movement with a handful of styles and themes but rather a stunning range of variations on the core principles of modern art. Illustrating how the concepts of modernism and the avant-garde variously manif
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 428 p.)
ISBN:0226451666
9780226451664

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