{"product_id":"what-cinema-is-isbn-9781405107600","title":"What Cinema Is!","description":"\u003ci\u003eWhat Cinema Is!\u003c\/i\u003e offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin's famous question, exploring his 'idea of cinema' with a sweeping look back at the near century of Cinema's phenomenal ascendancy.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by one of the foremost film scholars of our time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEstablishes cinema's distinction from the current enthusiasm over audio-visual entertainment, without relegating cinema to a single, older mode\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines cinema's institutions and its social force through the qualities of key films\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the history of an idea that has made cinema supremely alive to (and in) our times\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: The Target of Film Theory xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Camera Searching in the World 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs a Camera Essential? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cahiers Axiom 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTracing Bazin’s Trace 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImages Contested Today 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Editor’s Discovery of Form 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBazin’s Forerunners 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocumentaries in the Cauldron of History 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cahiers Line 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePursuing Cinema in the Twenty-First Century 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Projector as Spectator’s Searchlight 66\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Power of Projection 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening the Screen’s Dimensions 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrame as Threshold 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting out of the Frame 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Evolution of the Subjects of Cinema 98\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Film: Between Classic and Avant-Garde 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ontogeny of Cinema 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCredits and Auteurs: An Ecology of Adaptation 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFidelity: The Economy of Adaptation 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDudley Andrew\u003c\/b\u003e is the R. Selden Rose Professor of Film and Comparative Literature at Yale University. The author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eMists of Regret\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003ePopular Front Paris\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), he is an Officier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  \u003ci\u003eWhat Cinema Is!\u003c\/i\u003e offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin’s famous question through a sweeping look back over the phenomenal ascendancy of a certain “idea of cinema.” Written by one of the foremost film scholars of our time, this provocative volume proclaims cinema’s distinct value not just for the last century but for our current audio-visual culture. Whatever cinema may yet become, this unique “idea” should orient and guide it.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Examining cinema’s institutions and its social force – but always through the qualities of key films – \u003ci\u003eWhat\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCinema Is!\u003c\/i\u003e testifies to the power of something that didn’t even exist before 1895. From the art films cherished by cinephiles after World War II through the banner years of the New Wave to a technologically “expanded” cinema, Andrew traces the long nerve of this idea that has made cinema supremely alive to (and in) our times.  \"With this elegant volume, Dudley Andrew brilliantly continues his extended project of producing a historiography of film theory and of French cinema.  He has given us a book worthy of André Bazin’s  intelligence, originality, curiosity, and spirit.\" \u003ci\u003eEric Smoodin, University of California at Davis\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A new slant on Bazin with fresh disclosures for our era of digital media is always welcome, especially from Dudley Andrew, Bazin's foremost expositor.  Andrew's graceful and analytic prose is peppered with timely provocations of his own, starting with the Preface.  Made manifest throughout is the continuing relevance of Bazin's devotion to cinema and compassion for humanity.\" \u003ci\u003eEdward Branigan, University of California at Santa Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990475915493,"sku":"NP9781405107600","price":34.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405107600.jpg?v=1761787978","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/what-cinema-is-isbn-9781405107600","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}