{"product_id":"american-medium-a-new-film-philosophy-9781503644984","title":"American Medium: A New Film Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this masterful new work, film critic and philosopher Eyal Peretz forges a new connection between the concept of \"America\" and the medium of film. Through exemplary close readings of six fundamental American films--John Ford's \u003ci\u003eYoung Mr. Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance\u003c\/i\u003e, Francis Ford Coppola's \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e, Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and Sofia Coppola's \u003ci\u003eLost in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarie Antoinette\u003c\/i\u003e--Peretz demonstrates the way the connection between \"America\" and film is enabled through the development of a philosophical concept of medium that allows both \"America\" and film to be thought anew. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As Peretz shows, \"America\" can be understood as a medium providing a new framework for understanding human life in modernity--an era that's seen the demise of theology (or the \"death of god,\" as Nietzsche declared). Through incisive readings of the films mentioned above, Peretz shows each to function in its own singular fashion as an allegory of the way that \"America\"--that is, the demand to ground human life non-theologically--becomes the notion around which the medium of Hollywood film circulates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEyal Peretz\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Comparative Literature, Indiana University Bloomington and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Off-Screen: An Investigation of the Cinematic Frame\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2017).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720980103442,"sku":"9781503644984","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8558e110-83dd-449c-a351-d502f522544c.jpg?v=1762944292","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-medium-a-new-film-philosophy-9781503644984","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}