{"product_id":"the-face-on-film-9780199863167","title":"The Face on Film","description":"The human face was said to be rediscovered with the advent of motion pictures, in which it is often viewed as expressive locus, as figure, and even as \u003cem\u003eessence\u003c\/em\u003e of the cinema. But how has the modern, technological, mass-circulating art revealed the face in ways that are also distinct from any\u003cbr\u003eother medium? How has it altered our perception of this quintessential incarnation of the \u003cem\u003eperson\u003c\/em\u003e? The archaic powers of masks and icons, the fashioning of the individual in the humanist portrait, the modernist anxieties of fragmentation and de-figuration--these are among the cultural precedents\u003cbr\u003einforming our experience in the movie theatre. Yet the moving image also offers radical new confrontations with the face: Dreyer's \u003cem\u003ePassion of Joan of Arc\u003c\/em\u003e, Donen's \u003cem\u003eFunny Face\u003c\/em\u003e, Hitchcock's \u003cem\u003eThe Wrong Man\u003c\/em\u003e, Bresson's enigmatic \u003cem\u003eAu hasard Balthazar\u003c\/em\u003e, Antonioni's \u003cem\u003eScreen Test, \u003c\/em\u003e Warhol's filmic portraits of\u003cbr\u003ecelebrity and anonymity are among the key works explored in this book. In different ways these intense encounters manifest a desire for transparency and plenitude, but--especially in post-classical cinema--they also betray a profound ambiguity that haunts the human countenance as it wavers between\u003cbr\u003eimage and language, between what we see and what we know. The spectacular impact of the cinematic face is uncannily bound up with an opacity, a reticence. But is it not for this very reason that, like faces in the world, it still enthralls us?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noa Steimatsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199863167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNoa Steimatsky\u003c\/strong\u003e is a film scholar who lives and writes in San Francisco. She teaches at the University of California - Berkeley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39937667170419,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a58516ef-36be-4df8-a983-a639a196e8eb.jpg?v=1647995357","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-face-on-film-9780199863167","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}