10/40/70: Constraint as Liberation in the Era of Digital Film Theory
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In an era of rapid transformation from analog to digital, how can we write about cinema in ways that are as fresh, surprising, and challenging as the best films are? In 10/40/70 Nicholas Rombes proposes one bold possibility: pause a film at the 10, 40, and 70-minute mark and write about the frames at hand, no matter what they are. This method of constraint--by eliminating choice and foreclosing on authorial intention--allows the film itself to dictate the terms of its analysis freed from the tyranny of predetermined interpretation. Inspired by Roland Barthes's notion of the "third meaning" and its focus on the film frame as an image that is neither a photograph nor a moving image, Rombes assumes the role of image detective, searching the frames for clues not only about the films themselves--drawn from a wide range of genres and time periods--but the very conditions of their existence in the digital age.
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Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:178279140X
ISBN13:9781782791409
Release Date:March 2014
Publisher:Zero Books
Length:137 Pages
Weight:0.42 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 8.7"
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