{"product_id":"film-fables-9781474270809","title":"Film Fables","description":"In \u003ci\u003eFilm Fables\u003c\/i\u003e Jacques Ranciere turns his critical eye to the history of modern cinema. Combining an extraordinary breadth of analysis with an attentiveness to detail born from an obvious love of cinema, Ranciere shows us new ways of looking at and interpreting film. His analysis moves effortlessly from Eisenstein's and Murnau's transition from theatre to film to Fritz Lang's confrontation with television, from the classical poetics of Mann's Westerns to Ray's romantic poetics of the image, from Rossellini's neo-realism to Deleuze's philosophy of the cinema. The book also includes extended commentaries on the work of Hitchcock, Godard, Vertov and Bergman. \u003ci\u003eFilm Fables\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone wanting to gain a better understanding of the power and complexity of the cinematic form and it's rich history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacques Rancière\u003c\/b\u003e taught at the University of Paris VIII, France, from 1969 to 2000, occupying the Chair of Aesthetics and Politics from 1990 until his retirement.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524529066258,"sku":"9781474270809","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9efcd486-b019-4e76-8a4c-ef0a12f4588d.jpg?v=1731181821","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/film-fables-9781474270809","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}