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.

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert A. Rosenstone, Rosenstone Robert A.
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.08.1998
• EAN: 9780674940987
• ISBN: 978-0-674-94098-7
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 340 g
• Serie: Relations
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism