End of Cinema? - A Medium in Crisis in the Digital Age

Rooted in their hypothesis of the "double birth of media," André Gaudreault and Philippe Marion take a positive look at cinema's ongoing digital revolution and reaffirm its central place in a rapidly expanding media landscape. The authors begin with an overview of the extreme positions held by opposing camps in the debate over cinema: the "digitalphobes" who lament the implosion of cinema and the "digitalphiles" who celebrate its new, vital incarnation. Throughout, they remind readers that cinema has never been a static medium but a series of processes and transformations powering a dynamic art. From their perspective, the digital revolution is the eighth major crisis in the history of motion pictures, with more disruptions to come.

About the author

André Gaudreault is a professor in the department of art history and cinema studies at the Université de Montréal, where he is director of GRAFICS and director of the journal Cinémas. Philippe Marion is a professor at the Université catholique de Louvain. His research focuses on the fields of media narratology and the comparative analysis of media and media discourses.

Summary

A positive look at cinema’s ongoing digital revolution that reaffirms its central place in a rapidly expanding media landscape

Report

"Anyone involved in the debates surrounding the shift from 35mm film stock to digital production practices and exhibition formats will need to confront André Gaudreault and Philippe Marion's arguments. A provocative and timely book, the authors remind viewers that the cinema" has never been a static technology." Richard Neupert, University of Georgia

Product details

• Authors: Andrae Gaudreault, Andre Gaudreault, André Gaudreault, Andre Marion Gaudreault, Philippe Marion, Marion Philippe
• Assisted by: Timothy Barnard (Translation), Barnard Timothy (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2015
• EAN: 9780231173575
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17357-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Film and Culture Series; Film and Culture Series; Film & Culture (COUP); Film & Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Film, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General