On the Figure in General and the Body in Particular:: Figurative Invention in Cinema - Hardcover

by Ted Fendt (Translator), Nicole Brenez (Author)

A collection of wide-ranging essays written throughout the 1990s, On the Body in General and the Figure in Particular: Figurative Invention in Cinema covers an array of genres and styles to propose an original method of cinematic analysis and interpretation foregrounding film's formal and plastic qualities in all their multifaceted materiality and aesthetics. Brenez reconsiders what a body on film can be and what constitutes a figure in cinema.

Author Biography

Nicole Brenez is a professor of film studies at the University of Paris 3/Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Director of the Department "Analyse et Culture cin駑atographique" at Paris' film school La F駑is since 2017. She has curated avant-garde film series at the Cin駑ath鑷uefran軋ise since 1996 and is the author and editor of numerous books on film.