An Invention Without a Future: Essays on Cinema

by James Naremore

Book Overview

In 1895, Louis Lumière supposedly said that cinema is "an invention without a future." James Naremore uses this legendary remark as a starting point for a meditation on the so-called death of cinema in the digital age, and as a way of introducing a wide-ranging series of his essays on movies past and present. These essays include discussions of authorship, adaptation, and acting; commentaries on Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Vincente...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520279743
• ISBN13: 9780520279742
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.4"