Film Theory in Media History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Preface 7
4. Introduction 17
5. Cinema against Spectacle
6. Introduction 49
7. Cinema against Spectacle 55
8. I. Opening the Window? 57
9. II. Inventing the Cinema? 87
10. III. Filming the Disaster? 99
11. IV. Cutting the Figure? 115
12. V. Changing the Spectator? 131
13. Technique and Ideology: Camera, Perspective, Depth of Field
14. Introduction 143
15. I. On a Dual Origin 147
16. II. Depth of Field: The Double Scene 171
17. III. “Primitive” Depth of Field 209
18. IV. Effacement of Depth/Advent of Speech 223
19. V. Which Speech? 237
20. Appendix I: Cinema/Ideology/Criticism 247
21. Appendix II: Machines of the Visible 281
22. Glossary of Terms 291
23. Publication History 301
24. Filmography 305
25. Bibliography 311
26. Translator’s Notes 331
27. Index 343
28. Film Theory in Media History 347