Apocalypse-Cinema by Peter Szendy
By analyzing many films, by drawing on the philosophy of Lyotard, Nancy, and Derrida, this book suggest that in the apocalyptic genre, cinema is at work on its limit. Apocalypse-cinema is both the end of the world and the end of the film, the consummation and the (self)consumption of cinema.
Armed with an arsenal of audacious concepts, Peter Szendy confronts the torment of blockbusters with styleBefore venturing to spend your next night out at the silver screen, be sure to take this thrilling film survival manual with you." -Philosophie Magazine "In this prodigiously intelligent book, Peter Szendy reflects on the specific nature of apocalyptic cinema. Organized as a series of brief essays on individual films and recurrent cinematic strategies, Apocalypse-Cinema offers brilliant insights on a genre that has yet to receive all the critical attention it deserves." -- -Marie Helene Huet Princeton University "Apocalypse-Cinema is a brilliantly-executed, timely book, a tour-de-force encounter with a major film genre that has been too much neglected by 'serious' film scholars. Szendy's survey of the highs and lows of the 'apo' canon is nuanced and impeccably grounded in contemporary philosophy and film theory." -- -Terry Harpold University of Florida
Peter Szendy is David Herlihy Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature at Brown University and musicological advisor for the concert programs at the Paris Philharmonie. His books include Of Stigmatology: Punctuation as Experience; All Ears: The Aesthetics of Espionage; Apocalypse-Cinema: 2012 and Other Ends of the World; Kant in the Land of Extraterrestrials; Hits: Philosophy in the Jukebox; and Listen: A History of Our Ears..
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| ISBN 13 | 9780823264810 |
| ISBN 10 | 0823264815 |
| Titel | Apocalypse-Cinema |
| Autor | Peter Szendy |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Fordham University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2015-09-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 182 |
| Preise | Winner of Winner of the French Voices Translation Award 2015 |
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