About this title: Cinema has always been "literary" in its desire to tell stories and in its need to borrow plots and narrative techniques from novels, but the French New Wave directors of the 1950s self-consciously rejected the idea that film was a mere extension of literature. With subversive techniques that exploded traditional methods of film narrative, they embraced fragmentation and alienation. Their cinema would be literature's rival, not its apprentice. In this book, T. Jefferson Kline argues that the New Wave's rebellious stance is far more complex and problematic than critics have acknowledged. ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Pre
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780801874314ISBN:0801874319
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: 2002-12-17
ISBN-13:9780801874314ISBN:0801874319
Description: Very Good. 1992. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 308 pgs. Nice tight binding. Very minor wear to cover, corners, and edges. Crease to back cover corner. No highlighting and/or writing. read more
Description: Cinema has always been "literary" in its desire to tell stories and in its need to borrow plots and narrative techniques from novels. But the French New Wave directors of the 1950s self-consciously rejected the idea that film was a mere extension of... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780801874314ISBN:0801874319
Description: The French New Wave directors of the 1950s rejected the idea that film was a mere extension of literature and exploded traditional methods of film narrative, embracing fragmentation and alienation. The author argues that this rebellious stance is far... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13:9780801874314ISBN:0801874319
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13:9780801874314ISBN:0801874319
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