Poetics of Cinema

By David Bordwell

Book Overview

Bringing together twenty-five years of work on what he has called the 'historical poetics of cinema, ' David Bordwell here presents an extended analysis of a key question for film studies: how are films made, in particular historical contexts, in order to achieve certain effects?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415977797
• ISBN13: 9780415977791
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.9"