Film and Reality: A Historical Survey (Pelican books)

Describes The Many Activities That Take Place From The Time A Sheep Is Sheared Until The Fleece Is Woven Into A Soft Blanket. Part One. Film Realism: Realism In The Cinema. Lumière Or Mélies?. Flaherty And The Idea Of Documentary. Vertov And Soviet Cinema. Sound Documentary. Stroheim And The Realist Fiction Film. Renoir's Poetic Realism. Rossellini And Neo-realism. Cinéma-vérité. Realist Film And Television Realism -- Part Two. Film Illusion: The Techniques Of Spectacle. Edison And The Origins Of Hollywood. Griffith And Film Drama. The Comedians. The Studio Era. Disney And Animation. The Stars. The Western As A Film Genre. Hitchcock And Authorship In Hollywood. Hollywood's Heritage And Influence -- Part Three. Film Modernism: Film's Space-time Potential. Silent Experiment. Expressionism. Buñuel And Surrealism. Post-disney Animation. New Narrative Structures. Resnais And Time. Film And The Modern Novel. Godard : The Self-conscious Film-maker. Anger And The Underground. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [229]-244. Bircok cagdas film elestirisi, sanatsal edinim ve tarihsel baglam arasindaki iliskiyi goz onunde bulundurmaz. Sinema ve Gerceklik, hem sinemanin gelisimi icin genis bir taslak hem de elestirel yargilarin icinde yapilabilecegi bir cerceve sunarak bu dengeyi saglamaya girisiyor. Roy Armes, bu kitapta, Lumireden gunumuze, sinemada imge ve gerceklik arasindaki cesitli iliskileri ortaya seriyor. Yazarin Ucuncu Dunya Sinemasi ve Bati adli calismasini da gectigimiz aylarda okuruyla bulusturan Doruk Yayimcilik, Sinema ve Gerceklik kitabiyla sinemaseverlerin kitapligindaki buyuk bir eksikligi dolduracagina inaniyor.Sinemanin gercekci olmakla neden bu kadar ilgilendigini gormek kolaydir. Kamera yasamin yuzeyindeki ayrintilari yakalamak icin essiz bir aractir. Kamera yuzleri, sokaklari, manzaralari, insan gruplarini ve onlarin faaliyetlerini gosterebildigi kadar, davranislarin ayrintida kalmis tuhafliklarini da buyuk bir gucle gozler onune serebilir. Yasamin kendisi bu duzeyde oylesin