Film on the faultline /

Film has always played a crucial role in the imagination of disaster. The earthquake, especially, transforms our understanding of the limits and possibilities of cinema, as well as of life itself. After major quakes in countries as dissimilar as Japan, Chile, Iran and New Zealand, filmmakers have re...

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Other Authors: Wright, Alan (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect Books, 2015.
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