Film History as Media Archaeology: Tracking Digital Cinema (Film Culture in Transition)
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (937 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9462984891 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The study is the fruit of twenty years of research and writing at the interface of film history, media theory, and media archaeology by one of the acknowledged pioneers of new film history and media archaeology. It joins the efforts of other media scholars to locate cinema's historical emergence and subsequent transformations within the broader field of media change and interaction as we experience them today.. Since cinema has entered the digital era, its very nature has come under renewed scrutiny. Countering the "death of cinema" debate, Film History as Media Archaeology? presents a robust argument for cinema's current status as a new epistemological object of interest to philosophers, while also examining the presence of moving images in museum and art spaces as a challenge for art history
In this essay collection, media change is pluralised with such flair that it gives a commanding overview of the field of media archaeology, placing it in the wider context of audiovisual culture. The detailed case studies move smoothly between films, genres and modes of expression, developing new vocabularies that are essential for current media and film studies to ensure they stay current. "A leading scholar of cinema and media, Thomas Elsaesser offers a set of theoretical coordinates for both the old and the new media, for the not nearly as dead as we thought, and definitely not as new as we were promised. Film History as Media Archaeology is a fantastic continuation and crystallisation of what the Film Culture in Transition book series has done for so many years and over so many volumes