|
|
Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General
This intriguing volume sheds light on the diverse world of
collecting film- and media-related materials. Lucy Fischer's
introduction explores theories of collecting and representations of
collecting and collections in film, while arguing that collections
of film ephemera and other media-related collections are an
important way in to understanding the relationship between material
culture and film and media studies; she notes that the collectors
have various motivations and types of collections. In the eleven
chapters that follow, media studies scholars analyze a variety of
fascinating collected materials, from Doris Day magazines to
Godzilla action figures and LEGOs. While most contributors discuss
their personal collections, some also offer valuable insight into
specific collections of others. In many cases, collections that
began as informal and personal have been built up, accessioned, and
reorganized to create teaching and research materials which have
significantly contributed to the field of film and media studies.
Readers are offered glimpses into diverse collections comprised of
films, fan magazines, records, comics, action figures, design
artifacts, costumes, props- including Buffy the Vampire Slayer
costumes, Planet of the Apes publicity materials, and Amazing
Spider Man comics. Recollecting Collecting interrogates and
illustrates the meaning and practical nature of film and media
collections while also considering the vast array of personal and
professional motivations behind their assemblage.
Film is dead! Three little words that have been heard around the
world many times over the life of the cinema. Yet, some 120 years
on, the old dog's ability to come up with new tricks and live
another day remains as surprising and effective as ever. This book
is an exploration of film's ability to escape its own 'The End'
title card. It charts the history of cinema's development through a
series of crises that could, should, ought to have 'ended' it. From
its origins to Covid - via a series of unlikely friendships with
sound, television and the internet - the book provides industry
professionals, scholars and lovers of cinema with an informing and
intriguing journey into the afterlife of cinema and back to the
land of the living. It is also a rare collaboration between an
Oscar-winning filmmaker and a film scholar, a chronicle of their
attempt to bridge two worlds that have often looked at each other
with as much curiosity as doubt, but that are bound by the deep
love of cinema that they both share.
|
|