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Observing Film Art: Themes from the Work of David Bordwell

Contributor(s): Keil, Charlie (Editor), Smith, Murray (Editor), Thompson, Kristin (Foreword by), Chazelle, Damien (Preface by), Carroll, Noël (Contribution by), Turvey, Malcolm (Contribution by), Livingston, Paisley (Contribution by), Plantinga, Carl (Contribution by), Boyd, Brian (Contribution by), Belodubrovskaya, Maria (Contribution by), Jenkins, Henry (Contribution by), Staiger, Janet (Contribution by), Jacobs, Lea (Contribution by), Bernstein, Matthew H (Contribution by), Krämer, Peter (Contribution by), Maltby, Richard (Contribution by), Smith, Jeff (Contribution by), Higgins, Scott (Contribution by), Spring, Katherine (Contribution by), Mittell, Jason (Contribution by), Naremore, James (Contribution by), Rayns, Tony (Contribution by), Purnama, Ari (Contribution by), Vernet, Marc (Contribution by), Dargis, Manohla (Contribution by), Seitz, Matt Zoller (Contribution by), Usai, Paolo Cherchi (Contribution by), Keil, Charlie (Contribution by), Smith, Murray (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9781978841376

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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Pub Date: December 8, 2026

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 300 pages

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Prolific author and the architect of a blog read by thousands, David Bordwell was arguably the most influential cinema scholar of his generation. In this volume, his work and his legacy are appraised by 25 distinct voices: collaborators, former students, film critics, and archivists among them.

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"This volume captures facets of the thought, discipline, and far-reaching influence of Bordwell. An independent, profoundly self-confident intellectual, he was consistently methodical in his projects but always acknowledged the giants that inspired him in the sciences and humanities. Beneath the profound writing lurked a biting, often scatological, sense of humor."

--Donald Crafton "author of Shadow of a Mouse: Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation"

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