Research Catalog

Title

A philosophy of cinematic art / Berys Gaut.

Author

Gaut, Berys Nigel.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2010.

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Description

xiii, 324 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"A Philosophy of cinematic Art is a systematic study of cinema as an art form, showing how the medium conditions fundamental features of cinematic artworks. It discusses the status of cinema as an art form, whether there is a language of film, realism in cinema, cinematic authorship, intentionalist and constructivist theories of interpretation, cinematic narration, the role of emotions in responses to films, the possibility of identification with characters, and the nature of the cinematic medium." "Groundbreaking in its coverage of a wide range of contemporary cinematic media, it analyses not only traditional photographic films, but also digital cinema, and a variety of interactive cinematic works, including videogames, written in a clear and accessible style, the book examines the work of leading film theorists and philosophers of film, and develops a powerful framework with which to think about cinema as an art."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Motion pictures and the arts
• Motion pictures > Aesthetics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-317) and index.

Contents

1. challenges to cinema as an art -- 2. Language and realism -- 3. Cinematic authorship -- 4. Understanding cinema -- 5. Cinematic narration -- 6. Emotion and identification -- 7. role of the medium.

Call Number

MFL 10-5013

ISBN

• 9780521822442 (hbk.)
• 0521822440 (hbk.)
• 9780521529648 (pbk.)
• 0521529646 (pbk.)

LCCN

2010293291

OCLC

428024365

Author

Gaut, Berys Nigel.

Title

A philosophy of cinematic art / Berys Gaut.

Imprint

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-317) and index.

Research Call Number

MFL 10-5013