Cinephilia and History, or the Wind in the Trees

by Christian Keathley

Book Overview

Cinephilia and History, or The Wind in the Trees is in part a history of cinephilia, in part an attempt to recapture the spirit of cinephilia for the discipline of film studies, and in part an experiment in cinephilic writing.

Cinephiles have regularly fetishized contingent, marginal details in the motion picture image: the gesture of a hand, the wind in the trees. Christian Keathley demonstrates that the spectatorial tendency that produces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253217954
• ISBN13: 9780253217950
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher