Improvising cinema

Improvising cinema
ISBN-10
9048518423
ISBN-13
9789048518425
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
2014-04-15
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Author
Gilles Mouellic

Description

This spirited volume explores the history and diversity of improvisation in the cinema, including works by Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard, and Nobuhiro Suwa. Gilles Mouëllic examines improvisational practices that can be specifically attributed to the cinema and argues in favors of their powers as instigators of unprecedented forms of expression. Improvising Cinema reflects both on the permanence of attempting improvisation and the relationship between technology and aesthetics. Mouëllic concludes preservation becomes even more invaluable in the case of improvisation, as the creative act exists only within the brief time span of the performance.

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