The 'I' of the Camera by William Rothman

The 'I' of the Camera by William Rothman

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This is a collection of essays by a well-known film scholar and includes new chapters on Hitchcock, Griffith, Hawks, Chaplin and Renoir. They examine how theatrical melodrama is transformed by the role of the camera, the erotic dimension of film and the relationship between documentary and film.

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The 'I' of the Camera by William Rothman

This is a collection of essays by a well-known film scholar and includes new chapters on Hitchcock, Griffith, Hawks, Chaplin and Renoir. They examine how theatrical melodrama is transformed by the role of the camera, the erotic dimension of film and the relationship between documentary and film.
William Rothman is professor of cinema and interactive media at the University of Miami. An expanded edition of his landmark study Hitchcock: The Murderous Gaze was published in 2012. His other books include The I of the Camera: Essays in Film Criticism, History, and Aesthetics, Documentary Film Classics, and Reading Cavell's The World Viewed: A Philosophical Perspective on Film.
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ISBN 13 9780521368285
ISBN 10 0521368286
Title The 'I' of the Camera
Author William Rothman
Series Cambridge Studies In Film
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1988-10-28
Number of pages 232
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