The Big Screen. The Story of the Movies and What They Did to Us - David Thomson

The Big Screen. The Story of the Movies and What They Did to Us - David Thomson

Taking us around the globe, through time and across multiple media, Thomson tracks the ways in which we were initially enchanted by this mesmerizing imitation of life and let movies - the stories, the stars, the look - show us how to live. But at the same time he shows us how movies, offering a seductive escape from the everyday reality and its responsibilities, have made it possible for us to evade life altogether. The entranced audience has become a model for powerless citizens trying to pursue happiness by sitting quietly in a dark room. Does the big screen take us out into the world, or merely mesmerize us? That is Thomson's question in this great adventure of a book. A passionate feat of storytelling that is vital to anyone trying to make sense of the age of screens - the age that, more than ever, we are living in. źródło opisu: Allen Lane, 2012 źródło okładki: Google.pl

data wydania 4 października 2012
liczba stron 608
język angielski
słowa kluczowe david thomson
kategoria film/kino/telewizja
ISBN 9781846143144
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