Visions of the Past - The Challenge of Film to Our Idea of History

Rosenstone investigates how a visual medium, subject to conventions of drama and fiction, might be used as a serious vehicle for thinking about our relationship with the past. Employing such films as Reds, JFK, and Sans Soleil, he considers issues like the rapport between fact and film and the documentary as visionary truth.

About the author

Robert A. Rosenstone is Professor of History, California Institute of Technology.

Summary

Rosenstone investigates how a visual medium, subject to conventions of drama and fiction, might be used as a serious vehicle for thinking about our relationship with the past. Employing such films as Reds, JFK, and Sans Soleil, he considers issues like the rapport between fact and film and the documentary as visionary truth.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A. Rosenstone
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.1998
• EAN: 9780674940987
• ISBN: 978-0-674-94098-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 209 mm x 141 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 388 g
• Series: Relations
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet