Apocalypse-Cinema 2012 and Other Ends of the World |
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| Author:
| Szendy, Peter |
| Translator:
| Bishop, Will |
| Foreword by:
| Weber, Samuel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8232-6481-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2015 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $36.00 |
Book Description:
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By analyzing many films, by drawing on the philosophy of Lyotard, Nancy, and Derrida, this book suggest that in the apocalyptic genre, cinema is at work on its limit. Apocalypse-cinema is both the end of the world and the end of the film, the consummation and the (self)consumption of cinema.
By analyzing many films, by drawing on the philosophy of Lyotard, Nancy, and Derrida, this book suggest that in the apocalyptic genre, cinema is at work on its limit. Apocalypse-cinema is both the end of the world and the end of the film, the consummation and the (self)consumption of cinema.