{"product_id":"time-machine-antonio-somaini-9788857243290","title":"Time Machine: Cinematic Temporalities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow cinema and video have transformed our perception of time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year 1895 saw two events, from which \u003ci\u003eTime Machine: Cinematic Temporalities\u003c\/i\u003e takes its bearings: the publication of H.G. Wells' \"scientific romance\" \u003ci\u003eThe Time Machine: An Invention\u003c\/i\u003e, the first literary work in which movement through time is made possible by technology; and the first public presentation, on the evening of December 28, 1895, of the Lumi re Brothers' Cin matographe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on these two moments, \u003ci\u003eTime Machine\u003c\/i\u003e shows how cinema, video and video installations have transformed our perception of time through techniques of slow motion and acceleration, loops and reversals, time-lapse and freeze-frame, multiple exposure and stop-motion animation, as well as through montage: that crucial act of separating and joining images and sounds which has often been considered as one of cinema's defining traits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 11 texts in this volume shed new light on the aesthetic, epistemological, political and media-theoretical implications of cinematic time manipulation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonio Somaini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 885724329X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788857243290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skira\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.60w x 1.10d","brand":"Antonio Somaini","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986524471551,"sku":"9788857243290","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ee65d48-2b30-45cf-82bf-3707afc78dac.jpg?v=1683283854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/time-machine-antonio-somaini-9788857243290","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}