Author : Lars Kristensen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 23,76 MB
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1137378611
Marx and the Moving Image approaches cinema from a Marxist perspective. It argues that the supposed 'end of history', marked by the comprehensive triumph of capitalism and the 'end of cinema', calls for revisiting Marx's writings in order to analyse film theories, histories and practices.
Author : Mike Wayne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 44,32 MB
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1317194799
Introducing the key concepts and thinkers within the Marxist tradition, Marxism Goes to the Movies demonstrates their relevance to film theory and practice past and present. Author Mike Wayne argues that Marxist filmmaking has engaged with and transformed this popular medium, developing its potential for stimulating revolutionary consciousness. As the crisis of capitalism deepens, this history and these resources are vital for a better future. Marxism is one of the few approaches that can bring together political, economic, formal and cultural analysis into a unified approach of studying film, and how films in turn can help us understand and even critically interrogate these forces. The book examines how filmmakers, who have been influenced by Marxism, have made some of the most significant contributions to film culture globally, and provides historical perspective on the development of Marxism and film. Each chapter covers a broad theme that is broken down into sections that are cross-referenced throughout, providing helpful navigation of the material. Clear and concise in its arguments, this is an ideal introduction for students of Marxism and film, inviting readers to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the subject.
Author : Kevin Goetz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 22,11 MB
Release : 2022-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1982186747
Looks at the often secretive process of audience testing Hollywood movies and how it can help shape movies, with first-hand accounts from directors such as Ron Howard, Cameron Crowe, Drew Barrymore and Ed Zwick.
Author : Anna Kornbluh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1501347314
Anna Kornbluh provides an overview of Marxist approaches to film, with particular attention to three central concepts in Marxist theory in general that have special bearing on film: “the mode of production,” “ideology,” and “mediation.” In explaining how these concepts operate and how they have been used and misused in film studies, the volume employs a case study to exemplify the practice of Marxist film theory. Fight Club is an exceptionally useful text with which to explore these three concepts because it so vividly and pedagogically engages with economic relations, ideological distortion, and opportunities for transformation. At the same time, it is a very typical film in terms of the conditions of its production, its marketing, and its popularity. Adapted from a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, the film is a contemporary classic that has lent itself to significant re-interpretation with every shift in the political economic landscape since its debut. Marxist Film Theory and Fight Club models a detailed cinematic interpretation that students can practice with other films, and furnishes a set of ideas about cinema and society that can be carried into other kinds of study, giving students tools for analyzing culture broadly defined.
Author : Richard J. Anobile
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 38,22 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Duck
ISBN :
Author : Alberto Toscano
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 35,10 MB
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1782799737
Can capital be seen? Cartographies of the Absolute surveys the disparate answers to this question offered by artists, film-makers, writers and theorists over the past few decades. It zones in on the crises of representation that have accompanied the enduring crisis of capitalism, foregrounding the production of new visions and artefacts that wrestle with the vastness, invisibility and complexity of the abstractions that rule our lives.
Author : Mike Wayne
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 27,17 MB
Release : 2005-05-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
Ideal for students looking for a radical approach to film studies.
Author : Josh Frank
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,90 MB
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 159474923X
This lushly illustrated graphic novel re-creates a lost Marx Brothers script written by modern art icon Salvador Dali. Grab some popcorn and take a seat...The curtain is about to rise on a film like no other! But first, the real-life backstory: Giraffes on Horseback Salad was a Marx Brothers film written by modern art icon Salvador Dali, who’d befriended Harpo. Rejected by MGM, the script was thought lost forever. Author and lost-film buff Josh Frank unearthed the original script, and Dali’s notes and sketches for the project, tucked away in museum archives. With comedian Tim Heidecker and Spanish comics creator Manuela Pertega, he’s re-created the film as a graphic novel in all its gorgeous full-color, cinematic, surreal glory. In the story, a businessman named Jimmy (played by Harpo) is drawn to the mysterious Surrealist Woman, whose very presence changes humdrum reality into Dali-esque fantasy. With the help of Groucho and Chico, Jimmy seeks to join her fantastical world—but forces of normalcy threaten to end their romance. Includes new Marx Brothers songs and antics, plus the real-world story behind the historic collaboration.
Author : Arthur Marx
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 39,2 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780573670503
This inspired bio musical about The One and Only begins with Groucho as an old man doing his famous Carnegie Hall show. It then goes back to the beginnings of the Marx Brothers and their struggles to make it in vaudeville, their rise to stardom and their eventual break up. All classic Groucho songs are included. One actor plays Groucho, another plays Chico and Harpo, and one actress plays all the wives, girlfriends and Margaret Dumont. A hit in New York, across the U.S. and in London, this show will delight Marx Brothers fans and the as yet uninitiated.
Author : Glenn Mitchell
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 31,26 MB
Release : 2009-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
This edition originally published: 2003.
