初期映画における身体の運動 Body Shots : Early Cinema's Incarnations

Auerbach, Jonathan

University of California Press（2007/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 214 p.／サイズ 17 b/w photos.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780520252936
• DDC分類 791.43656109041

基本説明

Argues, it was the human form in motion that most profoundly shaped early cinema.

Full Description

This original and compelling book places the body at the center of cinema's first decade of emergence and challenges the idea that for early audiences, the new medium's fascination rested on visual spectacle for its own sake. Instead, as Jonathan Auerbach argues, it was the human form in motion that most profoundly shaped early cinema. Situating his discussion in a political and historical context, Auerbach begins his analysis with films that reveal striking anxieties and preoccupations about persons on public display - both exceptional figures, such as 1896 presidential candidate William McKinley, and ordinary people caught by the movie camera in their daily routines. The result is a sharp, unique, and groundbreaking way to consider the turn-of-the-twentieth-century American incarnation of cinema itself.

Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Body, Movement, Space PART I. BODIES IN PUBLIC 1. Looking In: McKinley at Home 2. Looking Out: Visualizing Self-Consciousness Interlude. The Vocal Gesture: Sounding the Origins of Cinema PART II. BODIES IN SPACE 3. Chasing Film Narrative 4. Windows 1900; or, Life of an American Fireman Conclusion: The Stilled Body Notes Bibliography Index