The Material Ghost: Films and Their Medium
by Gilberto Perez
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Author: Gilberto PerezEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-11-29
ISBN: 0801865239
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
What a breath of fresh air this book is. Perez manages to tread the fine line between theory and practise with grace. A great survey of filmmakers and film theory alike. Gilberto Perez' personal style makes for a very acessible text, and he doesn't shy away from 'unpopular' rejections of theory he disagrees with. An extremely valuable resource for students of film that helps to make sense of the often complicated threads of film theory.
Summary of The Material Ghost: Films and Their Medium
In a recent international survey conducted by the online film journal Screening the Past, which invited film critics and scholars around the world to nominate the most important contributions to the field in the past decade, The Material Ghost tied for first place with Jean-Luc Godard?s Histoire(s) du Cinéma. Gilberto Perez draws on his lifelong love of the movies as well as his work as a film scholar to write a lively, wide-ranging, penetrating study of films and filmmakers and the nature of the art form.
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