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Rosenbaum, J: Movies as Politics

By Jonathan Rosenbaum

Rosenbaum, J: Movies as Politics Books

Rosenbaum, J: Movies as Politics

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"I think there is a very good film critic in the United States today, a successor of James Agee, and that is Jonathan Rosenbaum. He's one of the best; we don't have writers like him in France today. He's like Andre Bazin."--Jean-Luc Godard "Rosenbaum is unusually at home in the worlds of both academic film study and weekly film reviewing. There is great sophisticated intelligence without impenetrable high theory, and there is wonderful accessibility without cheerleading. This voice belongs to a true cosmopolitan, who makes movies matter on aesthetic and political grounds, who attends to major non-American films neglected in this country, and whose growing impatience with the contemporary Hollywood product retains a sense of humor."--Michael Rogin, author of "Blackface, White Noise "Rosenbaum is one of the few film reviewers with a deep understanding of film form, its sources in film history and theory, and even more its place as a twentieth-century art form. He refuses to embrace high-art intellectualism or pop-art fun exclusively and likewise refuses to forgo either. The unique quality of his reviews is their immediacy. He engages and argues with film audiences, filmmakers, and distributors, demanding a response to the standards he sets. It is in this sense that this collection is profoundly political."--Tom Gunning, author of "D. W. Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
376
Release Date:
1997-06-30
Publication Date:
1997-06-30
Publisher:
University of California Press
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0520206150
ISBN13:
9780520206151
Weight:
454 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
227 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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