{"product_id":"bride-of-frankenstein-shane-denson-9781643150840","title":"Bride of Frankenstein","description":"The inaugural volume in the \u003ci\u003efilmminutes\u003c\/i\u003e book series, this book offers a close, minute-by-minute analysis of director James Whale's iconic 1935 masterpiece \u003ci\u003eBride of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e. Alternating between a variety of analytical lenses, including descriptive, historical, and philosophical, this study breaks from conventional forms of film-analytical writing and offers an experiment in defamiliarization and looking anew. In the 1930s, the film opened a space for reflection on the rapid normalization of filmic sound, which it both relies on and estranges. In the 2020s, \u003ci\u003eBride of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e brings forth questions of new technological mediums such as artificial intelligence and the transformation of human agency. Shane Denson argues that such associations should not be written off as mere anachronism, but seen, rather, as a strategy of serialization; that is, it is by means of such anachronism that a film like \u003ci\u003eBride of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e remains open to new developments and novel situations, and thus comes alive for future viewers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Volumes in the \u003ci\u003efilmminutes\u003c\/i\u003e series cut up films into segments of exactly one minute and transform each minute into an innovative tool for thinking with the film. Each volume works rigorously with the concept of \"the minute\" as a non-cinematic scale\/quantity, a means to zoom in on (dis)orderly fragments that do not necessarily respect the confinements of cinematic form or meaning. As a critical practice, the focus on minutes causes disruptions and displacement that create novel connections and perspectives, and uncovers hidden traces, making it possible to watch each film anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shane Denson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643150847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643150840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lever Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Shane Denson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47419548008703,"sku":"9781643150840","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44bfbe54-7d29-41fb-9923-33da82c21e84.jpg?v=1761512263","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bride-of-frankenstein-shane-denson-9781643150840","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}