In broad daylight : movies and spectators after the cinema / Gabriele Pedullà ; translated by Patricia Gaborik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pedullà, Gabriele.

Standardized Title:

In piena luce. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Motion picture audiences--History.

Motion picture audiences.

Motion picture theaters--History.

Motion picture theaters.

History.

Physical Description:

171 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

English-language edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2012.

Summary:

Pedullá (contemporary literature, U. of Rome) analyzes the change in experience of the spectator in terms of cinema as the proliferation of moving images via technology causes us to become immune to the transporting and emotional effects of film. The work traces the concept of the spectator in the darkened area back to Plato and examines this change in relationship and how it impacts society and art. Philosophy, film theory and criticism are all blended in this compelling and provoking view of a post-theater world. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

The cave and the mirror

Toward the dark cube

Vitruvius's sons

The age of freedom

The aesthetic of the shark

Desdemona must die

Low-impact catharsis.

Notes:

Translated from the Italian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781844678532

1844678539

OCLC:

767564430