Material properties of historical film in the digital age
In his landmark study THE VIRTUAL LIFE OF FILM, David N. Rodowick rephrases André Bazin’s famous question ‘what is cinema?’ using the past tense: ‘what was cinema?’ He notes that, paradoxically, film studies is dealing with an object that no longer exists; it ceased existing as an object of study in...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Amsterdam University Press
2012-01-01
|
| Series: | NECSUS : European journal of media studies |
| Online Access: | https://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/material-properties-of-historical-film-in-the-digital-age/ |
| id |
doaj-2051f79a004f4ef9a37add06ba2dc88c |
|---|---|
| record_format |
Article |
| spelling |
doaj-2051f79a004f4ef9a37add06ba2dc88c2020-11-25T01:19:29ZengAmsterdam University PressNECSUS : European journal of media studies2213-02172012-01-011213515310.5117/NECSUS2012.2.FLUEMaterial properties of historical film in the digital ageBarbara FlückigerIn his landmark study THE VIRTUAL LIFE OF FILM, David N. Rodowick rephrases André Bazin’s famous question ‘what is cinema?’ using the past tense: ‘what was cinema?’ He notes that, paradoxically, film studies is dealing with an object that no longer exists; it ceased existing as an object of study in the 1970s when ‘cinema’ as ‘the projection of a photographically recorded filmstrip in a theatrical setting’ was replaced by various other means of presentation, such as video cassettes and later video discs.https://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/material-properties-of-historical-film-in-the-digital-age/ |
| collection |
DOAJ |
| language |
English |
| format |
Article |
| sources |
DOAJ |
| author |
Barbara Flückiger |
| spellingShingle |
Barbara Flückiger Material properties of historical film in the digital age NECSUS : European journal of media studies |
| author_facet |
Barbara Flückiger |
| author_sort |
Barbara Flückiger |
| title |
Material properties of historical film in the digital age |
| title_short |
Material properties of historical film in the digital age |
| title_full |
Material properties of historical film in the digital age |
| title_fullStr |
Material properties of historical film in the digital age |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Material properties of historical film in the digital age |
| title_sort |
material properties of historical film in the digital age |
| publisher |
Amsterdam University Press |
| series |
NECSUS : European journal of media studies |
| issn |
2213-0217 |
| publishDate |
2012-01-01 |
| description |
In his landmark study THE VIRTUAL LIFE OF FILM, David N. Rodowick rephrases André Bazin’s famous question ‘what is cinema?’ using the past tense: ‘what was cinema?’ He notes that, paradoxically, film studies is dealing with an object that no longer exists; it ceased existing as an object of study in the 1970s when ‘cinema’ as ‘the projection of a photographically recorded filmstrip in a theatrical setting’ was replaced by various other means of presentation, such as video cassettes and later video discs. |
| url |
https://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/material-properties-of-historical-film-in-the-digital-age/ |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT barbarafluckiger materialpropertiesofhistoricalfilminthedigitalage |
| _version_ |
1725137966412595200 |