American medium : a new film philosophy / Eyal Peretz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peretz, Eyal, 1968- author.

Series:

Cultural memory in the present.

Cultural memory in the present

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--United States--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

In this masterful new work, film critic and philosopher Eyal Peretz forges a new connection between the concept of "America" and the medium of film.Through exemplary close readings of six fundamental American films--John Ford's Young Mr.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half-title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction: The Question of America

1. To Be in America: Steven Spielberg's West Side Story

2. The Memory of America: John Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

3. American Tragedy Between Sacred Sacrifice and Democratic Image: Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather

4. An American Revolution: Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette

Conclusion: The Law and Passion of the Medium

Notes

Index

Series Page

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Peretz, Eyal American Medium

ISBN:

9781503644991

OCLC:

1541770726