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Is it true that film in the twentieth century experimented with vision more than any other art form? And what visions did it privilege? This book situates the cinematic experience within discourses of twentieth-century modernity. It examines film's nature as a medium in an age obsessed with immediacy, nearness, and accessibility.

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"Casetti's writing is erudite, elegant, insightful, and with its repeated direct address to the reader, seductively dialogic and alluringly didactic." -- Sabine Hake, H-German

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments A Hundred Years, A Century 1. The Gaze of Its Age 2. Framing The World 3. Double Vision 4. The Glass Eye 5. Strong Sensations 6. Glosses, Exymorons, And Discipline Remains of the Day Notes Bibliography

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A Hardback by Francesco Casetti

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    Publisher: Columbia University Press
    Publication Date: 14/05/2008
    ISBN13: 9780231139946, 978-0231139946
    ISBN10: 0231139942
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Is it true that film in the twentieth century experimented with vision more than any other art form? And what visions did it privilege? This book situates the cinematic experience within discourses of twentieth-century modernity. It examines film's nature as a medium in an age obsessed with immediacy, nearness, and accessibility.

    Trade Review
    "Casetti's writing is erudite, elegant, insightful, and with its repeated direct address to the reader, seductively dialogic and alluringly didactic." -- Sabine Hake, H-German

    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgments A Hundred Years, A Century 1. The Gaze of Its Age 2. Framing The World 3. Double Vision 4. The Glass Eye 5. Strong Sensations 6. Glosses, Exymorons, And Discipline Remains of the Day Notes Bibliography

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