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Blur / Martine Beugnet ; translated by Lindsay Turner.

De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2026 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Beugnet, Martine, author.
Contributor:
Turner, Lindsay, translator.
Series:
Cutaways
Standardized Title:
Attrait du flou. English
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Motion pictures--Aesthetics.
Motion pictures.
Cinematography--Special effects.
Cinematography.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Fordham University Press, 2026.
Summary:
Technological failure or essential element of film aesthetics? From auteur cinema to horror to experimental film, Martine Beugnet shows the powerful effects blur can produce.
Contents:
Prologue (myopia)
In praise of indistinction
Definition
Aesthetics of blur
Rain, mist, fog
Focus
Motion blur
Reveries of the image
The painterly and the formless
Technology has no rules.
Notes:
"This book was first published in French as L’attrait du flou, by Martine Beugnet © Yellow Now, 2017"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed January 21, 2026).
Other Format:
Print version: Beugnet, Martine. Blur.
ISBN:
9781531511753
1531511759
9781531511760
1531511767
OCLC:
1547276834
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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