Farocki/Godard : film as theory /

"This book brings together two major filmmakers-French New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard and German avant-gardist Harun Farocki-to explore the fundamental tension between theoretical abstraction and the capacities of film itself, a medium where everything seen onscreen is necessarily concrete. Vo...

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Main Author: Pantenburg, Volker, 1973-
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
Series:Film culture in transition.
Schriften des Internationalen Kollegs für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie ; v. 25.
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Summary:"This book brings together two major filmmakers-French New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard and German avant-gardist Harun Farocki-to explore the fundamental tension between theoretical abstraction and the capacities of film itself, a medium where everything seen onscreen is necessarily concrete. Volker Pantenburg shows how these two filmmakers explored the potential of combined shots and montage to create 'film as theory'"--Back cover.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9048527554
9789048527557
9789089648914
9089648917
ISSN:2213-7041