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Thinking Revolution Through Film
On Audiovisual Stagings of Political Change
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Hanno Berger
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English
Published/Copyright:
2022
About this book
This book aims to redefine the relationship between film and revolution. Starting with Hannah Arendt’s thoughts on the American and French Revolution, it argues that, from a theoretical perspective, revolutions can be understood as describing a relationship between time and movement and that ultimately the spectators and not the actors in a revolution decide its outcome. Focusing on the concepts of ‘time,’ ‘movement,’ and ‘spectators,’ this study develops an understanding of film not as a medium of agitation but as a way of thinking that relates to the idea of historicity that opened up with the American and French Revolution, a way of thinking that can expand our very notion of revolution. The book explores this expansion through an analysis of three audiovisual stagings of revolution: Abel Gance’s epic on the French Revolution Napoléon, Warren Beatty’s essay on the Russian Revolution Reds, and the miniseries John Adams about the American Revolution. The author thereby offers a fresh take on the questions of revolution and historicity from the perspective of film studies.
Author / Editor information
Hanno Berger, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
September 20, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9783110754704
Hardcover published on:
September 20, 2022
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110753752
Paperback published on:
June 17, 2024
Paperback ISBN:
9783111529394
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
10
Main content:
223
Illustrations:
1
Coloured Illustrations:
2
eBook ISBN:
9783110754704
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110753752
Paperback ISBN:
9783111529394
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of Film Studies, Media Studies, Political Theory, History, Philosophy
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