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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Counterpoint
Publication date
May 28, 2013
Pages
322
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781619021709
ISBN-10
1619021706
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.30 lbs.
Original list price
$25.00
Summaries and Reviews
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ÂWe watch what is moving fast from a platform that is also moving fast,â writes Geoffrey OâBrien in the beginning of Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows. This collectionÂgathering the best of a decadeâs worth of writing on film by one of our most bracing and imaginative criticsÂranges freely over the past, present, and future of the movies, from the primal visual poetry of the silent era to the dizzying permutations of the merging digital age.
Here are 38 searching essays on contemporary blockbusters like Spider-Man and Minority Report; recent innovative triumphs like The Tree of Life and Beasts of the Southern Wild; and the intricacies of genre mythmaking from Chinese martial arts films to the horror classics of Val Lewton. OâBrien probes the visionary art of classic filmmakersÂvon Sternberg, Fod, Cocteau, Kurosawa, GodardÂand the implications of such diverse recent work as Farenheit 9/11, The Passion of Christ, and The Sopranos. Each of these pieces is alert to the always-surprising intersections between screen life and real life, and the way that film from the beginning has shaped our sense of memory and history.
Here are 38 searching essays on contemporary blockbusters like Spider-Man and Minority Report; recent innovative triumphs like The Tree of Life and Beasts of the Southern Wild; and the intricacies of genre mythmaking from Chinese martial arts films to the horror classics of Val Lewton. OâBrien probes the visionary art of classic filmmakersÂvon Sternberg, Fod, Cocteau, Kurosawa, GodardÂand the implications of such diverse recent work as Farenheit 9/11, The Passion of Christ, and The Sopranos. Each of these pieces is alert to the always-surprising intersections between screen life and real life, and the way that film from the beginning has shaped our sense of memory and history.
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from Counterpoint (May 28, 2013); titled "Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows: Writing on Film 2002-2012"
9781619021709 | details & prices | 322 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $25.00
About: ÂWe watch what is moving fast from a platform that is also moving fast,â writes Geoffrey OâBrien in the beginning of Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows.
About: ÂWe watch what is moving fast from a platform that is also moving fast,â writes Geoffrey OâBrien in the beginning of Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows.
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