Historical Poetics of Cinema

Bringing together twenty-five years of work on what he has called the 'historical poetics of cinema,' David Bordwell here presents an extended analysis of a key question for film studies: how are films made, in particular historical contexts, in order to achieve certain effects? for Bordwell, films are made things, existing within historical contexts, and aim to create determinate effects . Beginning with this central thesis, Bordwell works out a full understanding of how films channel and recast cultural influences for their cinematic purposes. with more than five hundred film stills, Poetics of Cinema is a must-have for any student of cinema.Bordwell, David is the author of 'Historical Poetics of Cinema', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415977791 and ISBN 0415977797.