War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception (Radical Thinkers)
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (776 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1844673464 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 118 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Reveals the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare and cinema.
“One of the most original thinkers of our time.”—Libération
his attempts to view war from such a perspective was ballsy enough for me to keep reading and I’m glad i did Patrick Aubin a friend lent this to me. i know this book is nearly 30 years old, but the concepts are still particular relevant, considering the laser research and technology he’s talking about are just about finishing up right about now(2016); some of which i believe was just beginning at about the time he finished writing this.couldn’t make much sense of war and cinema at the start of it. thoug. "a short parallel history of war and cinema" according to rotbard@netvision.net.il. War and Cinema, violence and spectacle. Hitler watching "Gone with the Wind" with Lenni Reifenstahl and Albert Speer. A brilliant study full of intuition on the development of war technologies in 20th century and the way they were influencing and influenced by vision and perception technologies.
He has written many books, including War and Cinema, Open Sky, and Ground Zero.A translator from Romanian, Spanish, German, French, and Italian, Patrick Camiller has translated many works, including Dumitru Tsepeneag’s Vain Art of the Fugue, The Necessary Marriage, and Hotel Europa. Paul Virilio trained as an artist in stained gla