The Persistence of History

Cinema, Television and the Modern Event

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Edited by Vivian Sobchack

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Historical films

Keywords

cinema influence, World History, historical films

Publishing date

1995

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

AFI Film Readers

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 276 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15.5 x 24 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-415-91084-6
978-0-415-91084-2

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Book Presentation:
The Persistence of History examines how the moving image has completely altered traditional modes of historical thought and representation. Exploring a range of film and video texts, from The Ten Commandments to the Rodney King video, from the projected work of documentarian Errol Morris to Oliver Stone's JFK and Spielberg's Schindler's List, the volume questions the appropriate forms of media for making the incoherence and fragmentation of contemporary history intelligible.

About the Author:
Vivian Sobchack is Professor on the Department of Film and Television at UCLA. Her most recent book is The Address of the Eye.

See the publisher website: Routledge