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Transcendental Style in Film

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Transcendental Style in Film

By Paul Schrader

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About the book

With a new introduction, acclaimed director and screenwriter Paul Schrader revisits and updates his contemplation of slow cinema over the past fifty years. Unlike the style of psychological realism, which dominates film, the transcendental style expresses a spiritual state by means of austere camerawork, acting devoid of self-consciousness, and editing that avoids editorial comment. This seminal text analyzes the film style of three great directors--Yasujiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, and Carl Dreyer-...Show more

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ISBN

9780520296817

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

Transcendental Style in Film

Format

Paperback

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