UID:
almahu_9949546428702882
Format:
1 online resource (X, 223 p.)
ISBN:
9783110754704
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9783110766820
Series Statement:
Cinepoetics - English edition , 10
Content:
This book aims to redefine the relationship between film and revolution. Starting with Hannah Arendt's thoughts on the American and French Revolution, it argues that, from a theoretical perspective, revolutions can be understood as describing a relationship between time and movement and that ultimately the spectators and not the actors in a revolution decide its outcome. Focusing on the concepts of 'time,' 'movement,' and 'spectators,' this study develops an understanding of film not as a medium of agitation but as a way of thinking that relates to the idea of historicity that opened up with the American and French Revolution, a way of thinking that can expand our very notion of revolution. The book explores this expansion through an analysis of three audiovisual stagings of revolution: Abel Gance's epic on the French Revolution Napoléon, Warren Beatty's essay on the Russian Revolution Reds, and the miniseries John Adams about the American Revolution. The author thereby offers a fresh take on the questions of revolution and historicity from the perspective of film studies.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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1 Introduction --
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2 The Theory of Revolution: Prolegomena --
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3 The "Machine Which Thinks Temporally" --
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4 NAPOLÉON: The Sublime Conceptualization of Revolution --
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5 REDS: The Russian Revolution in Hollywood --
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6 JOHN ADAMS: Before the Birth Comes the Revolution --
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7 Conclusion --
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Bibliography --
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Filmography --
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Name Index --
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Film Index
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1, De Gruyter, 9783110766820
In:
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In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
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EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110993738
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110754735
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110753752
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110754704
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110754704
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110754704
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110754704
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110754704
