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FilmQuake - The Most Disruptive Films in Cinema (Paperback)
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FilmQuake - The Most Disruptive Films in Cinema (Paperback)
Series: Culture Quake
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Loot Price R319
Discovery Miles 3 190
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Discover films that dared to be different, risked reputations and
put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when filmmakers take
tradition and rip it up. FilmQuake introduces 50 movies that shook
the cinematic world, telling the fascinating stories behind their
creation, reception and legacy. From unbelievable developments in
technology (Citizen Kane, 1941) to feminist triumphs (Wanda, 1970);
films that kickstarted New Queer Cinema (Paris is Burning, 1990) to
others that challenged lawmakers (A Short Film About Killing, 1988)
- FilmQuake presents the movies that questioned boundaries,
challenged the status quo and made shockwaves we are still feeling
today. From film's first innovators, people like the Lumiere
brothers, whose short film of a train arriving was reported to have
terrified audiences in 19th century Paris, through iconoclasts like
Sergei Eisenstein and Luis Bunuel, to titans of 20th century cinema
like Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, discover the stories
behind the films which incontrovertably changed the course of
cinema forever. Into the modern day, this book examines how
filmmakers have addressed themes of prejudice and inequality, from
the Black Lives Matter movement and Jordan Peele's unmissable Get
Out to Bong Joon-ho's cutting study of the lives of the wealthy in
Parasite, as well as innovative new cinematic techniques emerging
in films like 28 Days Later and Blair Witch Project. In telling the
history of cinema through the works that were truly disruptive, and
explaining the context in which each was created, FilmQuake
demonstrates the heart of modern film, which is to constantly
question boundaries and challenge expectation. This book is from
the Culture Quake series, which looks into iconic moments of
culture which truly created paradigm shifts in their respective
fields. Also available is ArtQuake, which tells the stories of 50
pivotal works that challenged consensus and broke daring new ground
in the world of art, inspiring shock and scandal as they did so,
but ultimately cementing themselves as truly great works of modern
art.
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