Andre Bazin on Adaptation: Cinema's Literary Imagination

by André Bazin

Book Overview

Adaptation was central to Andr? Bazin's lifelong query: What is cinema? Placing films alongside literature allowed him to identify the aesthetic and sociological distinctiveness of each medium. More importantly, it helped him wage his campaign for a modern conception of cinema, one that owed a great deal to developments in the novel. The critical genius of one of the greatest film and cultural critics of the twentieth century is on full display in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520375815
• ISBN13: 9780520375819
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.2"