{"product_id":"eye-of-the-century-9780231139953","title":"Eye of the Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 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","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400226480471,"sku":"9780231139953","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231139953.jpg?v=1730470120","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/eye-of-the-century-9780231139953","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}