Stolen glimpses, captive shadows : writing on film, 2002-2012 /
"We watch what is moving fast from a platform that is also moving fast," writes Geoffrey O'Brien in the beginning of Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows. This collection-gathering the best of a decade's worth of writing on film by one of our most bracing and imaginative critics-rang...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
Counterpoint,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "We watch what is moving fast from a platform that is also moving fast," writes Geoffrey O'Brien in the beginning of Stolen Glimpses, Captive Shadows. 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.Here are 38 searching essays on contemporary blockbusters like Spider-Man and Minority Report; |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781619022225 1619022222 |