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Author Kovács, András Bálint.

Title Screening modernism : European art cinema, 1950-1980 / András Bálint Kovács
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 428 pages) : illustrations
Series Cinema and modernity
Cinema and modernity.
Contents Theorizing modernism -- Theories of the classical/modern distinction in the cinema -- Modern art cinema: style or movement? -- Narration in modern cinema -- Genre in modern cinema -- Patterns of modern forms -- Styles modernism -- Naturalist styles -- Ornamental styles -- Theatrical systems -- Modern cinema trends -- Critical reflexivity of the birth of the auteur -- The return of the theatrical -- The destabilization of the fabula -- An alternative to the classical form: noerealism and modernism -- The romantic period, 1959-1961 -- Established modernism, 1962-1966 -- The year 1966 -- Political modernism, 1967-1975 -- "The death of the auteur" -- Appendix: A chronology of modern cinema -- Selected bibliography -- Index of names and movie titles
Summary Casting fresh light on the renowned productions of auteurs like Antonioni, Fellini, and Bresson and drawing out from the shadows a range of important but lesser-known works, Screening Modernism is the first comprehensive study of European art cinema?s postwar heyday. Spanning from the 1950s to the 1970s, András Bálint Kovács?s encyclopedic work argues that cinematic modernism was not a unified movement with a handful of styles and themes but rather a stunning range of variations on the core principles of modern art. Illustrating how the concepts of modernism and the avant-garde variously manif
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-413) and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter platform, viewed January 17, 2024)
Subject Motion pictures -- Europe -- History.
Modernism (Aesthetics) -- Europe
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Motion pictures
Filmkunst.
Modernisme (cultuur)
Europe
Europa (geografie)
Genre/Form History
Film criticism.
Critiques cinématographiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780226451664
0226451666
1281957313
9781281957313
9786611957315
6611957316