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.
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Subtopic
Film History & CriticismIndex
+1-1 (Plus One Minus One, 1998), 186
13 rue de Percebe, 195
180-degree rule, 53, 340, 341, 366
2 Days in the Valley (1996), 228
2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle (1967), 158
2:37 (2006), 243
20 30 40 (2003), 211, 212, 230
20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1955), 288, 315
200 Cigarettes (1999), 204, 208
2001 (1968), 157, 259
2046 (2004), 161
21 Grams (2003), 216, 217, 219, 458n36
3 Women (1977), 157
3-D, 286, 287, 290, 293
400 coups, Les (1959), 156, 157
70mm film, 285, 289, 290, 463n9, 467n54
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994), 197, 221
8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo/Eight and a Half, 1963), 151, 153, 154, 156, 162
A
A bout de souffle (1960), 27, 152, 154, 217
A nous la liberté (1931), 71
Abe Clan, The (Abe ichizoku, 1938), 356, 362
Abe Yukata, 390
Abrams, J.J., 67
Academy ratio, 285, 310, 323, 464
Acmeism, 65
act structure, 29, 89, 102–110, 219, 437n58, 446n30, 458n36
Actor's Revenge, An (Yukinojo henge, 1935), 377, 384, 385
Adam's Rib (1949), 301
Adaptation (2002), 63
Adieu, plancher des vaches! (Farewell, Home Sweet Home!, 1999), 234
Adler, Buddy, 289, 305
Adventures of a 10-Mark Note, The (Die Abenteur eines Zehnmarkscheines, 1926), 202
Advise and Consent (1962), 192
Akerman, Chantal, 116
Albert, Barbara, 217
Alexander the Great (1956), 291
Alfie (1966), 153
Alice in Wonderland, 220
Aliens (198...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Questions of Theory
- Poetics of Cinema
- Convention, Construction, and Cinematic Vision
- Studies in Narrative
- Three Dimensions of Film Narrative
- Cognition and Comprehension Viewing and Forgetting in Mildred Pierce
- The Art Cinema as a Mode of Film Practice
- Film Futures
- Mutual Friends and Chronologies of Chance
- Studies in Style
- Cinecerity
- Taking Things to Extremes Hallucinations Courtesy of Robert Reinert
- CinemaScope The Modern Miracle You See Without Glasses
- Who Blinked First?
- Visual Style in Japanese Cinema, 1925–1945
- A Cinema of Flourishes Decorative Style in 1920s and 1930s Japanese Film
- Aesthetics in Action Kung-Fu, Gunplay, and Cinematic Expression
- Richness Through Imperfection King Hu and the Glimpse
- Notes
- Index
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