{"product_id":"stolen-glimpses-captive-shadowsisbn-9781619021709","title":"Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows","description":"\"We watch what is moving fast from a platform that is also moving fast,\" writes Geoffrey O'Brien in the beginning of \u003ci\u003eStolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e. This collection—gathering the best of a decade's worth of writing on film by one of our most bracing and imaginative critics—ranges 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are 38 searching essays on contemporary blockbusters like Spider–Man and Minority Report; recent innovative triumphs like \u003ci\u003eThe Tree of Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeasts of the Southern Wild\u003c\/i\u003e; and the intricacies of genre mythmaking from Chinese martial arts films to the horror classics of Val Lewton. O'Brien probes the visionary art of classic filmmakers—von Sternberg, Fod, Cocteau, Kurosawa, Godard—and the implications of such diverse recent work as \u003ci\u003eFarenheit 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Passion of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.Praise for \u003ci\u003eStolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is something for all movie lovers in this expertly written, often thought–provoking collection.\" —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The author's insights into these familiar icons are unfailingly intelligent and delivered in polished prose.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e is editor-in-chief of the Library of America and a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. His latest books are \u003ci\u003eEarly Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of the House of Walworth\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a widely published poet, critic, editor, and cultural historian and has been honored with a Whiting Award and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the New York Institute for the Humanities. He lives in New York City.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303241830629,"sku":"NP9781619021709","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781619021709_48df1de7-8dca-4973-86ac-bbf977fcf682.jpg?v=1730753584","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/stolen-glimpses-captive-shadowsisbn-9781619021709","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}