The Birth of a Nation - Couverture souple

McEwan, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844576574 ISBN 13 : 9781844576579

Editeur : British Film Institute, 2015

Synopsis

Portraying the Ku Klux Klan as heroic underdogs, silent epic The Birth of a Nation (1915) is widely considered to be the most controversial film of all time. At once one of US culture's greatest artistic achievements and one of its most abhorrently racist artefacts, it becomes more shocking with every passing year.

Comprising a decade of archival research and published on the 100th anniversary of the film's release, this richly detailed study considers both the film's afterlife and the artistic, industrial and moral surroundings in which it was created. Drawing on an unbroken century of production and reception history, Paul McEwan recounts the film's origins and development, Griffith's unique editing and cinematography and the construction of racial identity and fear in the film. Assessing its contribution as an art form, while directly grappling with the complexity of the art-or-racism debate, Paul McEwan shows how The Birth of a Nation has had a central role in the development of film and Film Studies worldwide.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Paul McEwan is Associate Professor of Media and Communication and Film Studies and Director of Film Studies at Muhlenburg College, USA. He has written extensively on D.W. Griffith and is the author of a book on the cult punk film Hard Core Logo.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: British Film Institute
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844576574
• ISBN 13: 9781844576579
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible