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Peretz, Eyal, 1968-

The off-screen : an investigation of the cinematic frame / Eyal Peretz. - 1 online resource - Meridian: crossing aesthetics . - Meridian (Stanford, Calif.) .

Includes bibliographical references.

On the origin of film and the resurrection of the people : D.W. Griffith's Intolerance -- The actor of the crowd : The great dictator -- Howard Hawks' idea of genre -- What is a cinema of Jewish vengeance? : Tarantino's Inglourious basterds.

By focusing on what is outside the frame, this book offers a comprehensive theory of film, a concise history of American cinema, and a reflection on the place and significance of film within the arts of modernity in general.

ISBN: 9781503601611 (electronic bk.) 1503601617 (electronic bk.) 9781503600720 (electronic bk.) 1503600726 (electronic bk.)

Source: 22573/ctvqrk9dp JSTOR

LCCN: 2017009868

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion pictures--Philosophy.
Framing (Cinematography)
Motion pictures--History.--United States
Cinéma--Histoire.--États-Unis
PERFORMING ARTS--Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS--Film & Video--General.
Framing (Cinematography)
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: PN1995

Dewey Class. No.: 791.4301