The Philosophy of Documentary Film |
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| Editor:
| LaRocca, David |
| Contribution by:
| LaRocca, David
Cavell, Stanley
Carroll, Noël
Currie, Gregory
Plantinga, Carl
Sobchack, Vivian
Gunning, Tom
MacDonald, Scott
Rothman, William
Day, William
Pederson, Claudia
Azoulay, Ariella
Allan, Diana
Bal, Mieke
Wegenstein, Bernadette
Geva, Dan
Gamaker, Elan
Kara, Selmin
Altman, Rick
Von Trier, Lars
Herzog, Werner
Perkins, V. F.
McMahon, Jennifer L.
Dromm, Keith
Evans, K. L.
Nichols, Bill
Fried, Michael
Hagberg, Garry L.
Warren, Charles
Williams, Linda
Hoffman, Karen D.
Vinterberg, Thomas
Zimmermann, Patricia R.
Erika, |
| Foreword by:
| Corrigan, Timothy |
| Series title: | The Philosophy of Popular Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4985-0451-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2016 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $160.00 |
Book Description:
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Perhaps nowhere in the broad expanse of types of film is the old "quarrel between philosophy and poetry" more evident--and also more vitally relevant--than in the genre or mode of film known as documentary. Documentary film is just another form of poetic imitation, in its variety of instances and complexity of fabrication, it is just as much caught up with the limitations--and effects--of mimetic art, including fiction film. This book affords a prismatic perspective on documentary...
More DescriptionPerhaps nowhere in the broad expanse of types of film is the old "quarrel between philosophy and poetry" more evident--and also more vitally relevant--than in the genre or mode of film known as documentary. Documentary film is just another form of poetic imitation, in its variety of instances and complexity of fabrication, it is just as much caught up with the limitations--and effects--of mimetic art, including fiction film. This book affords a prismatic perspective on documentary cinema, inviting the dynamism and diversity of the arts, humanities, social sciences, and even natural sciences together into a shared conversation.