Considers the nature and status of contemporary cinema by way of a
series of technological reflections on its past Argues for a
progressive historiography that looks forward, moving beyond the
sense of anxiety and loss that has dominated accounts of cinema's
postulated demise Draws on the latest thinking on evolving screen
technologies and media archaeology and the development of cognate
areas such as memory studies Charts the historical memory of
cinema, with a view to considering how our engagement with, and
understanding of, this history might be reconfigured in the
present. Channelling a focus on the history of cinema into the
present and beyond, Persistent Images: Encountering Film History in
Contemporary Cinema explores the continuing resonance of the memory
of cinema as revealed in the technological and aesthetic
expressions of a range of experimental practices. With case studies
of films that reflexively foreground and creatively reimagine the
past, including Shirin (2008), Goodbye to Language (2014) and
Francofonia (2015), the book demonstrates how the medium of film
can look simultaneously backwards and forwards, encountering and
reframing the past in the present, and offering new ways of
thinking about both film history and contemporary cinema alike.
General
Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2020 |
Authors: |
Andrew Utterson
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4744-4072-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-4744-4072-X |
Barcode: |
9781474440721 |
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