War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception (English and French Edition)

By Paul Virilio

Book Overview

From the synchroized camera/machine-buns on the biplanes of World War I to the laser satellites of star wars, the technologies of cinema and warfare have developed a fatal interdependence. Hiroshima marked one conclusion of this process in the nuclear flash, which penetrated the city's darkest recesses, etching the images of its victims on the walls.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0860912140
• ISBN13: 9780860912149
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Verso Books
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

a short parallel history of war and cinema

War and Cinema, violence and spectacle. Hitler watching "Gone with the Wind" with Lenni Reifenstahl and Albert Speer. A brilliant study full of intuition on the development of war technologies in 20th century and the way they were influencing and influenced by vision and perception technologies.