Poetics of Cinema by David Bordwell (English) Paperback Book

Description: Poetics of Cinema by David Bordwell Bringing together twenty-five years of work on what he has called the historical poetics of cinema, David Bordwell here presents an extended analysis of a key question for film studies: how are films made, in particular historical contexts, in order to achieve certain effects? FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Bringing together twenty-five years of work on what he has called the "historical poetics of cinema," David Bordwell presents an extended analysis of a key question for film studies: how are films made, in particular historical contexts, in order to achieve certain effects? For Bordwell, films are made things, existing within historical contexts, and aim to create determinate effects. Beginning with this central thesis, Bordwell works out a full understanding of how films channel and recast cultural influences for their cinematic purposes. With more than five hundred film stills, Poetics of Cinema is a must-have for any student of cinema. Back Cover Bringing together twenty-five years of work on what he has called the historical poetics of cinema, David Bordwell here presents an extended analysis of a key question for film studies: how are films made, in particular historical contexts, in order to achieve certain effects? for Bordwell, films are made things, existing within historical contexts, and aim to create determinate effects . Beginning with this central thesis, Bordwell works out a full understanding of how films channel and recast cultural influences for their cinematic purposes. with more than five hundred film stills, Poetics of Cinema is a must-have for any student of cinema. Author Biography David Bordwell, Jacques Ledoux Professor at the University of Wisconsin, is arguably the most influential scholar of film in the United States. The author, with his wife Kristin Thompson, of the standard textbook Film Art and a series of influential studies of directors (Eisenstein, Ozu, Dreyer) as well as periods and styles (Hong Kong cinema, Classical Hollywood cinema, among others), he has also trained a generation of professors of cinema studies, extending his influence throughout the world. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. Table of Contents Introduction Questions of Theory 1. Poetics of Cinema 2. Convention, Construction, and Cinematic Vision Studies in Narrative 3. Three Dimensions of Film Narrative 4. Cognition and Comprehension: Viewing and Forgetting in Mildred Pierce 5. The Art Cinema as a Mode of Film Practice 6. Film Futures 7. Mutual Friends and Chronologies of Chance Studies in Style 8. Cinecerity 9. Taking Things to Extremes: Hallucinations Courtesy of Robert Reinert 10. CinemaScope, The Modern Miracle You See Without Glasses 11. Who Blinked First? 12. Visual Style in Japanese Cinema, 1925-1945 13. A Cinema of Flourishes 14. Aesthetics in Action: Kung Fu, Gunplay, and Cinematic Expression 15. Richness through Imperfection: King Hu and the Glimpse Review "It will come as no surprise to anyone already familiar with Bordwell that these essays exhibit a dazzling command of a wide range of filmmaking styles, fiom Japanese cinema of the Twenties through the Forties (two separate essays) to Hollywoods early usage of Cinemascope to the films of Taiwanese marrial-arts filmmaker King Hu."--Film Comment "Film Theory, rightly or wrongly, makes most film makers cringe. We rarely see our processes, collaborations, technologies, obsessions, or underlying motivations thoughtfully examined in such writings. David Bordwells work is radically different. Whether examining Hollywood cinema, Hong Kong, Independent, New Wave, silent or sound, high grossing or unknown, he addresses film with a clear mission -- to understand how a film works, how its made and why -- and to discuss his findings in a direct style that embraces intellectuals and non-academic readers too. I have learned a great deal from David about film narrative, and in Poetics of Cinema, he carries his mission further, drawing on a lifetimes perspective to lay out some universal truths." James Mangold, Director of 3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line, and Cop Land "Is there anyone who writes about the movies with more intelligence, clarity, and style than David Bordwell? With an awesome depth of knowledge, he conveys a deep love of his subject. In Poetics of Cinema Bordwell explains how movies can transcend, inspire, and become sublime. I feel when I read him that he starts where I leave off.." Roger Ebert "A new book by David Bordwell is always an important event and this one is especially welcome. These wide ranging essays are an oasis of grounded analysis in a desert of parched Theory and readers will drink deep from wells of insight about form, style and context and, above all, of love and appreciation for film." Larry Gross, Professor and Director, USC Annenberg School for Communication "Its title echoing Aristotle and the eponymous 1927 collection of essays by Russian Formalist scholars, Bordwells Poetics of Cinema reminds us that cinema is not just a cultural artifact or a market commodity, but is, first and foremost, an art form. If you wish to know what makes cinema different from any other art or wonder what it takes to be an expert on film, Bordwells book is the one to read." Yuri Tsivian, University of Chicago "David Bordwells Poetics of Cinema is a must read collection of thirty years of Bordwells engaging inquiry into, and analysis of, cinema from around the world. Bordwell is thorough, imaginative and, yes, in his own words often mirthful in his analysis of every topic he undertakes." Andrew Horton, University of Oklahoma, author of Writing the Character Centered Screenplay. "By turns suggestive and conclusive, playful and polemical, wide-ranging and to the point, Poetics of Cinema comingles the keen passion of a cinephile and the precision of a distinguished film scholar. David Bordwells compellingly choreographed and painstakingly documented essays revisit, extend, and update the rich work of many decades." Eric Rentschler, Harvard University "David Bordwells work on the poetics of cinema has been foundational for modern cinema studies, dedicated to an intense focus on the processes by which films make meaning and alert our senses. His combination of clarity and insight make him a master of the moving image, a scholar whose knowledge of the range of cinema remains unparalleled and a critic whose polemics are impossible to ignore." Tom Gunning, University of Chicago "This is a wonderfully rich and diverse collection of essays, covering a wide array of topics with David Bordwells characteristic rigour and verve. The collection spans just about the whole of Bordwells career, making available several important earlier essays; but because he has taken the trouble to substantially revise or update all of the reprinted material, the book conveys a vivid sense of Bordwells current thinking. By weaving the past essays into a coherent structure with new work, the book also hints at an intellectual autobiography, showing us the history and development of Bordwells concerns. The collection confirms that Bordwell is not only the most significant film scholar of his generation, but one of the most impressive figures in the humanities in general over the past thirty years." Murray Smith, University of Kent "Bordwells primary interest, indeed his passion, is the film itself. Throughout his book, he writes with an infectious enthusiasm and demonstrates an encyclopedic knowledge of film, dotting the text with numerous film citations and plot synopses. Film scenes and sequences are analysed shot by shot, with extensive use of frame stills (more than five hundred). He gives close attention to the subtle details of film style, such as camera framings and the choreographed movements of actors. All this exemplifies "rational and empirical enquiry" (3). The truth is out there, he believes, though it is no doubt messy and complicated." Daniel Barratt, The Evolutionary Review Review Quote "It will come as no surprise to anyone already familiar with Bordwell that these essays exhibit a dazzling command of a wide range of filmmaking styles, fiom Japanese cinema of the Twenties through the Forties (two separate essays) to Hollywoods early usage of Cinemascope to the films of Taiwanese marrial-arts filmmaker King Hu."--Film Comment "Film Theory, rightly or wrongly, makes most film makers cringe. We rarely see our processes, collaborations, technologies, obsessions, or underlying motivations thoughtfully examined in such writings. David Bordwells work is radically different. Whether examining Hollywood cinema, Hong Kong, Independent, New Wave, silent or sound, high grossing or unknown, he addresses film with a clear mission -- to understand how a film works, how its made and why -- and to discuss his findings in a direct style that embraces intellectuals and non-academic readers too. I have learned a great deal from David about film narrative, and in Poetics of Cinema, he carries his mission further, drawing on a lifetimes perspective to lay out some universal truths." James Mangold, Director of 3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line, and Cop Land "Is there anyone who writes about the movies with more intelligence, clarity, and style than David Bordwell? With an awesome depth of knowledge, he conveys a deep love of his subject. In Poetics of CinemaBordwell explains how movies can transcend, inspire, and become sublime. I feel when I read him that he starts where I leave off.." Roger Ebert "A new book by David Bordwell is always an important event and this one is especially welcome. These wide ranging essays are an oasis of grounded analysis in a desert of parched Theory and readers will drink deep from wells of insight about form, style and context and, above all, of love and appreciation for film." Larry Gross, Professor and Director, USC Annenberg School for Communication "Its title echoing Aristotle and the eponymous 1927 collection of essays by Russian Formalist scholars, Bordwells Poetics of Cinemareminds us that cinema is not just a cultural artifact or a market commodity, but is, first and foremost, an art form. If you wish to know what makes cinema different from any other art or wonder what it takes to be an expert on film, Bordwells book is the one to read." Yuri Tsivian, University of Chicago "David Bordwells Poetics of Cinemais a must read collection of thirty years of Bordwells engaging inquiry into, and analysis of, cinema from around the world. Bordwell is thorough, imaginative and, yes, in his own words often mirthful in his analysis of every topic he undertakes." Andrew Horton, University of Oklahoma, author of Writing the Character Centered Screenplay. "By turns suggestive and conclusive, playful and polemical, wide-ranging and to the point, Poetics of Cinemacomingles the keen passion of a cinephile and the precision of a distinguished film scholar. David Bordwells compellingly choreographed and painstakingly documented essays revisit, extend, and update the rich work of many decades." Eric Rentschler, Harvard University "David Bordwells work on the poetics of cinema has been foundational for modern cinema studies, dedicated to an intense focus on the processes by which films make meaning and alert our senses. His combination of clarity and insight make him a master of the moving image, a scholar whose knowledge of the range of cinema remains unparalleled and a critic whose polemics are impossible to ignore." Tom Gunning, University of Chicago "This is a wonderfully rich and diverse collection of essays, covering a wide array of topics with David Bordwells characteristic rigour and verve. The collection spans just about the whole of Bordwells career, making available several important earlier essays; but because he has taken the trouble to substantially revise or update all of the reprinted material, the book conveys a vivid sense of Bordwells current thinking. By weaving the past essays into a coherent structure with new work, the book also hints at an intellectual autobiography, showing us the history and development of Bordwells concerns. The collection confirms that Bordwell is not only the most significant film scholar of his generation, but one of the most impressive figures in the humanities in general over the past thirty years." Murray Smith, University of Kent "Bordwells primary interest, indeed his passion, is the film itself. Throughout his book, he writes with an infectious enthusiasm and demonstrates an encyclopedic knowledge of film, dotting the text with numerous film citations and plot synopses. Film scenes and sequences are analysed shot by shot, with extensive use of frame stills (more than five hundred). He gives close attention to the subtle details of film style, such as camera framings and the choreographed movements of actors. All this exemplifies "rational and empirical enquiry" (3). The truth is out there, he believes, though it is no doubt messy and complicated." Daniel Barratt, The Evolutionary Review , and in Poetics of Cinema, he carries his mission further, drawing on a lifetimes perspective to lay out some universal truths." James Mangold, Director of 3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line, and Cop Land "Is there anyone who writes about the movies with more intelligence, clarity, and style than David Bordwell? With an awesome depth of knowledge, he conveys a deep love of his subject. In Poetics of CinemaBordwell explains how movies can transcend, inspire, and become sublime. I feel when I read him that he starts where I leave off.." Roger Ebert "A new book by David Bordwell is always an important event and this one is especially welcome. These wide ranging essays are an oasis of grounded analysis in a desert of parched Theory and readers will drink deep from wells of insight about form, style and context and, above all, of love and appreciation for film." Larry Gross, Professor and Director, USC Annenberg School for Communication "Its title echoing Aristotle and the eponymous 1927 collection of essays by Russian Formalist scholars, Bordwells Poetics of Cinemareminds us that cinema is not just a cultural artifact or a market commodity, but is, first and foremost, an art form. If you wish to know what makes cinema different from any other art or wonder what it takes to be an expert on film, Bordwells book is the one to read." Yuri Tsivian, University of Chicago "David Bordwells Poetics of Cinemais a must read collection of thirty years of Bordwells engaging inquiry into, and analysis of, cinema from around the world. Bordwell is thorough, imaginative and, yes, in his own words often mirthful in his analysis of every topic he undertakes." Andrew Horton, University of Oklahoma, author of Writing the Character Centered Screenplay. "By turns suggestive and conclusive, playful and polemical, wide-ranging and to the point, Poetics of Cinemacomingles the keen passion of a cinephile and the precision of a distinguished film scholar. David Bordwells compellingly choreographed and painstakingly documented essays revisit, extend, and update the rich work of many decades." Eric Rentschler, Harvard University "David Bordwells work on the poetics of cinema has been foundational for modern cinema studies, dedicated to an intense focus on the processes by which films make meaning and alert our senses. His combination of clarity and insight make him a master of the moving image, a scholar whose knowledge of the range of cinema remains unparalleled and a critic whose polemics are impossible to ignore." Tom Gunning, University of Chicago "This is a wonderfully rich and diverse collection of essays, covering a wide array of topics with David Bordwells characteristic rigour and verve. The collection spans just about the whole of Bordwells career, making available several important earlier essays; but because he has taken the trouble to substantially revise or update all of the reprinted material, the book conveys a vivid sense of Bordwells current thinking. By weaving the past essays into a coherent structure with new work, the book also hints at an intellectual autobiography, showing us the history and development of Bordwells concerns. The collection confirms that Bordwell is not only the most significant film scholar of his generation, but one of the most impressive figures in the humanities in general over the past thirty years." Murray Smith, University of Kent "Bordwells primary interest, indeed his passion, is the film itself. Throughout his book, he writes with an infectious enthusiasm and demonstrates an encyclopedic knowledge of film, dotting the text with numerous film citations and plot synopses. Film scenes and sequences are analysed shot by shot, with extensive use of frame stills (more than five hundred). He gives close attention to the subtle details of film style, such as camera framings and the choreographed movements of actors. All this exemplifies "rational and empirical enquiry" (3). The truth is out there, he believes, though it is no doubt messy and complicated." Daniel Barratt, The Evolutionary Review deep from wells of insight about form, style and context and, above all, of love and appreciation for film." Larry Gross, Professor and Director, USC Annenberg School for Communication "Its title echoing Aristotle and the eponymous 1927 collection of essays by Russian Formalist scholars, Bordwells Poetics of Cinemareminds us that cinema is not just a cultural artifact or a market commodity, but is, first and foremost, an art form. If you wish to know what makes ci Details ISBN0415977797 Author David Bordwell Short Title POETICS OF CINEMA Language English ISBN-10 0415977797 ISBN-13 9780415977791 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2007 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1947 Edition 1st Affiliation University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA DOI 10.1604/9780415977791 AU Release Date 2007-10-19 NZ Release Date 2007-10-19 UK Release Date 2007-10-19 Pages 512 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2007-10-19 Alternative 9780415977784 DEWEY 791.4301 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139874535;

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