The Altering Eye: Contemporary International Cinema

348 Pages·2009·4.18 MB·English

by  Robert Phillip Kolker

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Contents
Acknowledgments VIlL
Prdacct oth eN IW' Edition jx
Prefatcoeth e1 983E dition xvii
Introduction 1
L TheV alidoiftt hyeI mage 11
2.Th e Subtsanceo fF orm 89
3.P olitPiscysc,h olaongy;dM emory 197
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Notes
AnnotaBtiebdl ipohgyr a 299
SeleBcitb liohgyor naE uroeanC inemSai nc1e9 83 307
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Index 315
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siblCei:n emFai vCeo,r inFtihl mFsi,l mIsn c.-ABurdainod oNne,w U ne
Cinema, NewF iYlomrUskn,Ni film.
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Prefatcoe tNheew Edition
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