The Long Take: Art Cinema and the Wondrous

by Lutz Koepnick

Book Overview

In The Long Take, Lutz Koepnick posits extended shot durations as a powerful medium for exploring different modes of perception and attention in our fast-paced world of mediated stimulations. Grounding his inquiry in the long takes of international filmmakers such as B la Tarr, Tsai Ming-liang, Abbas Kiarostami, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Michael Haneke, Koepnick reveals how their films evoke wondrous experiences of surprise, disruption,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816695881
• ISBN13: 9780816695881
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"