The utopia of film : cinema and its futures in Godard, Kluge, and Tahimik /

The German filmmaker Alexander Kluge has long promoted cinema's relationship with the goals of human emancipation. Jean-Luc Godard and Filipino director Kidlat Tahimik also believe in cinema's ability to bring about what Theodor W. Adorno once called a ?redeemed world," even in the fa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pavsek, Christopher, 1964-
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.
Series:	Film and culture.
Subjects:	Godard, Jean-Luc, > 1930- > Criticism and interpretation. Tahimik, Kidlat > Criticism and interpretation. Kluge, Alexander, > 1932- > Criticism and interpretation. Motion pictures > Philosophy. Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930- > Criticism and interpretation. Kluge, Alexander, 1932- > Criticism and interpretation. Motion pictures > Philosophy. Tahimik, Kidlat > Criticism and interpretation. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Cover; Half title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Idea of Cinema; 1. What Has Come to Pass for Cinema: From Early to Late Godard; 2. Kidlat Tahimik's "Third World Projector"; 3. The Actuality of Cinema: Alexander Kluge; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index