Eye of the Century: Film, Experience, Modernity

by Francesco Casetti

Book Overview

Is it true that film in the twentieth century experimented with vision more than any other art form? And what visions did it privilege? In this brilliant book, acclaimed film scholar Francesco Casetti situates the cinematic experience within discourses of twentieth-century modernity. He suggests that film defined a unique gaze, not only because it recorded many of the century's most important events, but also because it determined the manner in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231139950
• ISBN13: 9780231139953
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher