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The cinematic political : film composition as political theory /

"In this book, Michael J. Shapiro stages a series of pedagogical encounters between political theory, represented as a compositional challenge, and cinematic texts, emphasizing how to achieve an effective research paper/essay by heeding the compositional strategies of films. The text's dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shapiro, Michael J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Political aspects.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics.
Aesthetics > Political aspects.
English language > Rhetoric.
Report writing.
Table of Contents:
  • Engaging Lars von Trier's the element of crime
  • Toward a politics of now-time: reading Hoop Dreams with Kubrick's Barry Lyndon
  • "Hiroshima"
  • "The light of reason"
  • "Borderline justice"
  • A bi-city cinematic experience
  • The phenomenology of the cinema experience.