The Virtual Life of Film
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (666 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674026985 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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As almost (or, truly, virtually) every aspect of making and viewing movies is replaced by digital technologies, even the notion of "watching a film" is fast becoming an anachronism. His book helps us see how digital technologies are serving, like television and video before them, to perpetuate the cinematic as the mature audiovisual culture of the twentieth century--and, at the same time, how they are preparing the emergence of a new audiovisual culture whose broad outlines we are only just beginning to distinguish.. Rodowick also observes that most so-called "new media" are fashioned upon a cinematic metaphor. With the likely disappearance of celluloid film stock as a medium, and the emergence of new media competing for an audience, what
An exemplary contribution to modern film theory Aleksander Hauge One of the most influential books I have ever read about contemporary film philosophy. A must have for all film scholars out there that have an idea about the ongoing and very interesting discussion that involves the "death of film".. "Five Stars" according to MateoDLR. Pristine condition. Just as described.. Good textbook for film students Penny Good, sound information for the casual film-lover or the film student wanting to increase their level of knowledge of film.
. N. D. Rodowick is Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago
(Vivian Sobchack, Professor of Film, Television and Digital Media, University of California, Los Angeles)Calmly, intrepidly, Rodowick dives straight into the churning waters of The Virtual Life of Film. Lucid and forceful, D.N. An important work, it raises vital issuesIn the opening chapters Rodowick offers one of the most nuanced and complex descriptions of the photographic in cinema ever presented. (Ian Christie Times Higher Education Supplement 2008-01-10) . Neither apocalyptic nor nostalgic, Rodowick appears equipoised as he explores what's behind and in front of this brave new media world. This is "must" reading for anyone interested i