Film on the Faultline (e-bog) af -
Wright, Alan (redaktør)

Film on the Faultline e-bog

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Film has always played a crucial role in the imagination of disaster. Earthquakes, especially, not only shift the ground beneath our feet but also herald a new way of thinking or being in the world. Following recent seismic events in countries as dissimilar as Iran, Chile and Haiti, Japan and New Zealand, national films have emerged that challenge ingrained political, economic, ethical, and ont...
E-bog 198,42 DKK
Forfattere Wright, Alan (redaktør)
Udgivet 5 januar 2015
Længde 302 sider
Genrer Film history, theory or criticism
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781783204359
Film has always played a crucial role in the imagination of disaster. Earthquakes, especially, not only shift the ground beneath our feet but also herald a new way of thinking or being in the world. Following recent seismic events in countries as dissimilar as Iran, Chile and Haiti, Japan and New Zealand, national films have emerged that challenge ingrained political, economic, ethical, and ontological categories of modernity. Film on the Faultline explores the fractious relationship between cinema and seismic experience and addresses the important role that cinema can play in the wake of such events as forms of popular memory and personal testimony.