American medium : a new film philosophy /
"In this masterful new work, film critic and philosopher Eyal Peretz forges a new connection between the concept of "America" and the medium of film. Through exemplary close readings of six fundamental American films - John Ford's Young Mr Lincoln and The Man Who Shot Liberty Val...
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2026]
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| Series: | Cultural memory in the present.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the question of America
- To be in America : Steven Spielberg's West Side story
- The memory of America : John Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln and The man who shot Liberty Valance
- American tragedy between sacred sacrifice and democratic image : Francis Ford Coppola's The godfather
- An American revolution : Sofia Coppola's Lost in translation and Marie Antoinette
- Conclusion : the law and passion of the medium.