0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism

Buy Now

Image and Mind - Film, Philosophy and Cognitive Science (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,329
Discovery Miles 13 290
Image and Mind - Film, Philosophy and Cognitive Science (Paperback): Gregory Currie

Image and Mind - Film, Philosophy and Cognitive Science (Paperback)

Gregory Currie

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,329 Discovery Miles 13 290 | Repayment Terms: R125 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

This is a book about the nature of film: about the nature of moving images, about the viewer's relation to film, and about the kinds of narrative that film is capable of presenting. It represents a very decisive break with the semiotic and psychoanalytic theories of film which have dominated discussion. The central thesis is that film is essentially a pictorial medium and that the movement of film images is real rather than illusory. A general theory of pictorial representation is presented, which insists on the realism of pictures and the impossibility of assimilating them to language. It criticizes attempts to explain the psychology of film viewing in terms of the viewer's imaginary occupation of a position within the world of film. On the contrary, film viewing is nearly always impersonal.

General

Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 2008
First published: December 2007
Authors: Gregory Currie
Dimensions: 228 x 153 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-05778-3
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Promotions
LSN: 0-521-05778-7
Barcode: 9780521057783

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Feel Free - Essays
Zadie Smith Paperback  (1)
R361 R315 Discovery Miles 3 150
Richard Green In South African Film…
Keyan A. Tomaselli, Richard Green Paperback R395 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650
Robert Altman and the Elaboration of…
Mark Minett Hardcover R3,256 Discovery Miles 32 560
Characters on the Couch - Exploring…
Dean Haycock Hardcover R2,605 Discovery Miles 26 050
The Cinema of Francesco Rosi
Gaetana Marrone Hardcover R3,261 Discovery Miles 32 610
Mike Nichols - Sex, Language, and the…
Kyle Stevens Hardcover R3,787 Discovery Miles 37 870
Real Sex Films - The New Intimacy and…
John Tulloch, Belinda Middleweek Hardcover R3,490 Discovery Miles 34 900
The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema
Daisuke Miyao Hardcover R4,984 Discovery Miles 49 840
Necessary Noise - Music, Film, and…
Cherie Rivers Ndaliko Hardcover R3,992 Discovery Miles 39 920
Rock Star/Movie Star - Power and…
Landon Palmer Hardcover R2,574 Discovery Miles 25 740
Maghrebs in Motion - North African…
Suzanne Gauch Hardcover R3,785 Discovery Miles 37 850
Roland Barthes' Cinema
Philip Watts Hardcover R3,969 Discovery Miles 39 690

See more

Partners