The permanent crisis of film criticism : the anxiety of authority / Matias Frey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frey, Mattias, author.

Series:

Film theory in media history.

Film theory in media history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Film criticism.

Motion pictures--Journalists.

Motion pictures.

Journalism--Motion pictures.

Journalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Amsterdam University Press, [2015].

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Text file

Summary:

Film criticism is in crisis. Dwelling on the many film journalists made redundant at newspapers, magazines, and other 'old media' in past years, commentators have voiced existential questions about the purpose and worth of the profession in the age of WordPress blogospheres and proclaimed the 'death of the critic'. Bemoaning the current anarchy of internet amateurs and the lack of authoritative critics, many journalists and academics claim that in the digital age, cultural commentary has become dumbed down and fragmented into niche markets. Mattias Freu, arguing against these claims, examines the history of film critical discourse in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He demonstrates that since its origins, film criticism has always found itself in crisis: the need to show critical authority and the anxieties over challenges to that authority have been longstanding concerns.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Birthing Pains of the First Professionals: Promotion and Distinction

2. Second-Wave Crises of Proximity and Distance: Relating to the Industry and the Audience

3. The Institutional Assertion of Authority: Sight and Sound and the Postwar Cinephile Challenge

4. From “I” to “We”: Filmkritik and the Limits of Kracauerism in Postwar German Film Criticism

5. The Anxiety of Influence: The “Golden Age” of Criticism, the Rise of the TV Pundit, and the Memory of Pauline Kael

6. The Spectre of “Democratization” in the Digital Age

Conclusion. What is the Good of Authoritative Critics?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-04-079962-0

1-003-70721-1

1-04-077372-9

90-485-2447-4

9781003707219

OCLC:

945783040