01734cam a2200205 a 4500008004100000020001800041020001500059040000800074050002300082245010000105260005100205300001900256490003300275505001700308518001500325520109000340600006101430700001801491700001901509110825s2012    ne a     bq   001 0 eng d  a9789089642929  a9089642927  aSDU00aPN1998.3bJ43 201200aJean Epstein :bcritical essays and new translations /cedited by Sarah Keller & Jason N. Paul.  aAmsterdam :bAmsterdam University Pressc2012.  a439 p. :bill.1 aFilm theory in media history  aHKBU library  aYT2025 M08  a"Filmmaker and theoretician Jean Epstein profoundly influenced film practice, criticism and reception in France during the 1920s and well beyond. His work not only forms the crux of the debates of his time, but also remains key to understanding later developments in film practice and theory. Epstein's film criticism is among the most wide-ranging, provocative and poetic writing about cinema and his often breathtaking films offer insights into cinema and the experience of modernity. This collection - the first comprehensive study in English of Epstein's far-reaching influence - arrives as several of the concerns most central to Epstein's work are being reexamined, including theories of perception, realism, and the relationship between cinema and other arts. The volume also includes new translations from every major theoretical work Epstein published, presenting the widest possible historical and contextual range of Epstein's work, from his beginnings as a biology student and literary critic to his late film projects and posthumously published writings"--P. [4] of cover.10aEpstein, Jean,d1897-1953xCriticism and interpretation.1 aKeller, Sarah1 aPaul, Jason N.