An invention without a future :: essays on cinema /

In 1895, Louis Lumière supposedly said that cinema is ""an invention without a future."" James Naremore uses this legendary remark as a starting point for a meditation on the so-called death of cinema in the digital age, and as a way of introducing a wide-ranging series of his e...

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1. Verfasser: Naremore, James
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
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Zusammenfassung:In 1895, Louis Lumière supposedly said that cinema is ""an invention without a future."" James Naremore uses this legendary remark as a starting point for a meditation on the so-called death of cinema in the digital age, and as a way of introducing a wide-ranging series of his essays on movies past and present. These essays include discussions of authorship, adaptation, and acting; commentaries on Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Vincente Minnelli, John Huston, and Stanley Kubrick; and reviews of more recent work by non-Hollywood directors Pedro Costa, Abbas Kiarostami, Raúl Ruiz,
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520957947
0520957946
1306155657
9781306155656