Widescreen

Watching. Real. People. Elsewhere

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by Mark Cousins

Type

Studies

Subject

General

Keywords

2000s, evolution, postmodernism

Publishing date

2008

Publisher

Wallflower Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 224 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-1-905674-79-4

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Book Presentation:
Cinema has undergone huge changes in the last decade: Asian filmmaking has been making the running; the ne'er do well genre, documentary, has broken through; digitalization and DVD has revived film history and is revolutionizing projection; world cinema has shifted in the direction of the real and the visually grainy; and animation has become more dominant that any time since Disney. Month by month, in the acclaimed journal Prospect , critic and filmmaker Mark Cousins has charted and contextualized these changes. Writing from Britain, Europe, Iran, India and Mexico, he has looked at the social trends and aesthetic implications of modern cinema's shifting sands. Widescreen: Watching. Real. People. Elsewhere is the result; a skeptical, passionate, eye-witness account of film today, argued originally and written with panache.

About the Author:
Mark Cousins is a filmmaker and producer, film critic, broadcaster and festival director. He is the author of The Story of Film (2004), a highly acclaimed volume that has been translated into many languages. His documentary subjects have included neo-Nazism and the history of Iranian cinema. He is presently Honorary Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Stirling.

Press Reviews:
Cousin's approach is fresh and his points well made. Empire

A deeply felt, surprisingly personal book and there is something thought-provoking to be found on every page. Jon Barnes, Times Literary Supplement

See the publisher website: Wallflower Press