{"product_id":"comprehending-cinema-scott-macdonald-9780197758724","title":"Comprehending Cinema","description":"\u003cem\u003eComprehending Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of in-depth interviews and panoramic essays that models a generalist approach to modern audiovisual media, prioritizing remarkable cinematic accomplishments that can get lost within our overwhelming modern mediascape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 18 interviewees featured in this publication include Oscar-winning documentarians Daniel Lindsay and TJ Martin; Dean Fleischer Camp, whose Marcel the Shell with Shoes On was an internet smash, then an Oscar nominee; canonical filmmakers Guy Maddin and Su Friedrich, still building on remarkable careers; renowned poet (and cineaste) John Ashbery; Irish independent Tadhg O'Sullivan who is entranced by the moon; indefatigable cine-historian, Paul Cronin; LA artist Jennifer West, who collaborated with 11,500 visitors on New York City's High Line to produce a new kind of City Symphony; Penny Lane, whose documentary films continually surprise; a collaborative filmmaking team who provide an immersive motion study of a crowd taking selfies with the Mona Lisa; cine-explorers Lucien Castaing-Taylor and V?r?na Paravel; master of the cine-archive Bill Morrison; cine-scientist Erin Espelie; video-essayist Chlo? Galibert-La?n?; and the Alloy Orchestra, who entertained silent-film audiences for three decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eComprehending Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e combines engaging conversations with accomplished filmmakers and essayistic explorations of recent contributions to modern media-making by filmmakers creating a tradition of \"cine-nocturnes,\" and by filmmakers exploring archival representations of World War 1. The book offers a reading adventure dedicated to opening the door to exciting new kinds of film experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019775872X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197758724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Scott MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110819221759,"sku":"9780197758724","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7cc0d11-e964-4eb0-a1ee-f0f007a61a2c.jpg?v=1725469870","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/comprehending-cinema-scott-macdonald-9780197758724","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}