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Film Fables

By Jacques Rancière
Series: Bloomsbury Revelations
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In Film Fables, Jacques Rancière offers a profound exploration of modern cinema's history, blending detailed analysis with a deep passion for film. Covering a wide range of topics from Eisenstein and Murnau's theatrical transitions to Fritz Lang's encounters with television, and from Mann's Westerns to Rossellini's neo-realism, the book reshapes how we interpret cinema. It also provides extended commentary on filmmakers like Hitchcock, Godard, Vertov, and Bergman, illuminating the complexity and power of the cinematic form.
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Ideal for scholars, students, and cinephiles seeking an enriched understanding of cinema's evolution, Film Fables is essential reading for those interested in film theory, history, and critical interpretation.

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In Film Fables, Jacques Rancière turns his critical eye to the history of modern cinema. Combining an extraordinary breadth of analysis with an attentiveness to detail born from an obvious love of cinema, Rancière shows us new ways of looking at and interpreting film.

His analysis moves effortlessly from Eisenstein and Murnau's transition from theatre to film to Fritz Lang's confrontation with television, from the classical poetics of Mann's Westerns to Ray's romantic poetics of the image, from Rossellini's neo-realism to Deleuze's philosophy of the cinema.

The book also includes extended commentaries on the work of Hitchcock, Godard, Vertov and Bergman. Film Fables is essential reading for anyone wanting to gain a better understanding of the power and complexity of the cinematic form and its rich history.

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Praised for its elegance and depth, Film Fables is commended as a compelling and poetic history of cinema that adeptly balances theory and detailed film analysis. Critics highlight Rancière's intimate knowledge of film and his ability to reveal new perspectives on well-known images, making the book a significant contribution to film and media studies.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781474270809

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 February 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 269g

Pages: 208

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Arts & Culture Jacques Rancière Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Series: Bloomsbury Revelations

About the Author

Jacques Rancière taught at the University of Paris VIII, France, from 1969 to 2000, occupying the Chair of Aesthetics and Politics from 1990 until his retirement.

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