Jean Epstein : Critical Essays and New Translations.

Filmmaker and theoretician Jean Epstein profoundly influenced film practice, criticism and reception in France during the 1920s and well beyond. His work not only forms the crux of the debates of his time, but also remains key to understanding later developments in film practice and theory. Epstein&...

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Main Author: Keller, Sarah
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Paul, Jason N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:En.
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.
Series:Film theory in media history.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Filmmaker and theoretician Jean Epstein profoundly influenced film practice, criticism and reception in France during the 1920s and well beyond. His work not only forms the crux of the debates of his time, but also remains key to understanding later developments in film practice and theory. Epstein's film criticism is among the most wide-ranging, provocative and poetic writing about cinema and his often breathtaking films offer insights into cinema and the experience of modernity. This collection - the first comprehensive study in English of Epstein's far-reaching influence - arrives as several.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (440 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789048513840
9048513847