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Stardust : cinematic archives at the end of the world / Hannah Goodwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodwin, Hannah, 1988- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology in motion pictures.
- Space and time in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Philosophy.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Tracing the many aesthetic, philosophical, and technological parallels between cinema and astronomy, Hannah Goodwin demonstrates how filmmakers have used cosmic imagery and themes to respond to the twentieth century's moments of existential dread. As our outlook on the future continues to change, Stardust illuminates the promise of cinema to bear witness to humanity's fragile existence within the vast expanse of the universe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1. Lights all askew: relativity and new astronomy on Film
- 2. New Constellations: aerial cinema in the Second World War
- 3. Destroyer of worlds: cinema of atomic experimentation
- Epilogue: witnessing after the end.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781452971186
- 1452971188
- 9781452971179
- 145297117X
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