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A study of European art cinema's postwar heyday. This book presents an argument that cinematic modernism was not a unified movement. It traces the emergence of art cinema as a historical category. It explains the main formal characteristics of modern styles and forms as well as their intellectual foundation.

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"Andras Balint Kovacs has written a monumental work. Impressive in its scope, erudition, originality, critical acumen, and philosophical sophistication, Screening Modernism is a landmark historical study of modernist cinema that makes a permanent contribution to the field." - William Rothman, University of Miami"

Screening Modernism European Art Cinema 19501980

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/01/2008
    ISBN13: 9780226451657, 978-0226451657
    ISBN10: 0226451658
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    Book Synopsis
    A study of European art cinema's postwar heyday. This book presents an argument that cinematic modernism was not a unified movement. It traces the emergence of art cinema as a historical category. It explains the main formal characteristics of modern styles and forms as well as their intellectual foundation.

    Trade Review
    "Andras Balint Kovacs has written a monumental work. Impressive in its scope, erudition, originality, critical acumen, and philosophical sophistication, Screening Modernism is a landmark historical study of modernist cinema that makes a permanent contribution to the field." - William Rothman, University of Miami"

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