Flickers of Film: Nostalgia in the Time of Digital Cinema

by Jason Sperb

Book Overview

Whether paying tribute to silent films in Hugo and The Artist or celebrating arcade games in Tron: Legacy and Wreck-It-Ralph, Hollywood suddenly seems to be experiencing a wave of intense nostalgia for outmoded technologies. To what extent is that a sincere lament for modes of artistic production that have nearly vanished in an all-digital era? And to what extent is it simply a cynical marketing ploy, built on the notion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813576016
• ISBN13: 9780813576015
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"