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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415977789
• ISBN13: 9780415977784
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 10.2"