Film and Risk

by Mette Hjort

The phenomenon of risk has been seriously neglected in connection with the study of film, yet many of those who write about film seem to have intuitions about how various forms of risk-taking shape aspects of the filmmaking or film-viewing process. Film and Risk fills this gap as editor Mette Hjort and interdisciplinary contributors discuss film's relation to all types of risk. Bringing together scholars from philosophy, anthropology, film studies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814334636
• ISBN13: 9780814334638
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"