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Book SynopsisA positive look at cinema’s ongoing digital revolution that reaffirms its central place in a rapidly expanding media landscape
Trade ReviewAnyone involved in the debates surrounding the shift from 35mm film stock to digital production practices and exhibition formats will need to confront Andre Gaudreault and Philippe Marion's arguments. A provocative and timely book, the authors remind viewers that the 'cinema' has never been a static technology. -- Richard Neupert, University of Georgia Gaudreault and Marion make a nuanced argument for rethinking the very nature and impact of the digital revolution on cinema. Their book is an unusually thorough and balanced analysis. It should be required reading. -- Richard Abel, University of Michigan Readable and refreshingly entertaining.Times Higher Education -- Philip Kemp Times Higher Education This thought-provoking volume... will appeal mostly to scholars and serious students of film. Choice
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: The End of Cinema? 1. Cinema Is Not What It Used to Be 2. Digitalizing Cinema from Top to Bottom 3. A Brief Phenomenology of "Digitalized" Cinema 4. From Shooting to Filming: The Aufhebung Effect 5. A Medium Is Always Born Twice... 6. New Variants of the Moving Image 7. "Animage" and the New Visual Culture Conclusion: A Medium in Crisis in the Digital Age Notes Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Index
