Crowds, Power, and Transformation in Cinema

by Lesley Brill

A noted critic brings crowd theory to Film Studies, offering a bold new analysis of the pervasive cinematic themes of transformation and power.

From Intolerance to The Silence of the Lambs, motion pictures show crowds and power in complex, usually antagonistic, relationships. Key to understanding this opposition is an intrinsic capability of the cinema: transformation. Making unprecedented use of Elias Canetti's Crowds and Power,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814332757
• ISBN13: 9780814332757
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"