
Thinking Revolution Through Film
On Audiovisual Stagings of Political Change
Hanno Berger(Author)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 20. September 2022
Book
Hardback
X, 223 pages
978-3-11-075375-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book aims to redefine the relationship between film and revolution. Starting with Hannah Arendt's thoughts on the American and French Revolution, it argues that, from a theoretical perspective, revolutions can be understood as describing a relationship between time and movement and that ultimately the spectators and not the actors in a revolution decide its outcome. Focusing on the concepts of 'time,' 'movement,' and 'spectators,' this study develops an understanding of film not as a medium of agitation but as a way of thinking that relates to the idea of historicity that opened up with the American and French Revolution, a way of thinking that can expand our very notion of revolution. The book explores this expansion through an analysis of three audiovisual stagings of revolution: Abel Gance's epic on the French Revolution
Napoléon
, Warren Beatty's essay on the Russian Revolution
Reds
, and the miniseries
John Adams
about the American Revolution. The author thereby offers a fresh take on the questions of revolution and historicity from the perspective of film studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
3 farbige Abbildungen
1 b/w and 2 col. ill.
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-075375-2 (9783110753752)
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Hanno Berger
, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.