{"product_id":"9781845201685","title":"Film Fables","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTalking Images\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFilm Fables\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJacques Rancière | Emiliano Battista\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilm Fables traces the history of modern cinema. Encyclopedic in scope, Film Fables is that rare work that manages to combine extraordinary breadth and analysis with a lyricism which attests time and again to a love of cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacques Ranciere moves effortlessly from Eisenstein's and Murnau's transition from theatre to film to Fritz Lang's confrontation with television, from the classical poetics of Mann's Westerns to Ray's romantic poetics of the image, from Rossellini's neo-realism to Deleuze's philosophy of the cinema and Marker's documentaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Film Fable shows us how, between its images and its stories, the cinema tells its truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacques Ranciere is Professor of Aesthetics and Politics at the University of Paris-VIII (St. Denis). His translated works include: The Politics of Aesthetics: The Limits of Art and Politics, The Philosopher and his Poor, Dis-agreement: Politics and Philosophy, and The Names of History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the French by Emiliano Battista, a doctoral student in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven and a free-lance translator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 February 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBerg Publishers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBerg Publishers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781845201685\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Berg Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370790027404,"sku":"9781845201685","price":40.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_4a467389-378e-4f34-9e02-7d59713c71a3.jpg?v=1783883448","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781845201685","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}