Thinking Revolution Through Film
On Audiovisual Stagings of Political Change
Seiten
2022
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-075375-2 (ISBN)
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-075375-2 (ISBN)
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.
lt;strong>Hanno Berger, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2022 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Cinepoetics – English edition ; 10 |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 b/w and 2 col. ill. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin/Boston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft |
| Schlagworte | Cinematic Thinking • French Film Theory • Hannah Arendt • Revolution |
| ISBN-10 | 3-11-075375-8 / 3110753758 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-11-075375-2 / 9783110753752 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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