{"product_id":"what-film-is-good-for-on-the-values-of-spectatorship-paperback","title":"What Film Is Good for: On the Values of Spectatorship - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulian Hanich\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMartin P. Rossouw\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor well over a century, going to the movies has been a favorite pastime for billions across the globe. But is film actually \u003ci\u003egood\u003c\/i\u003e for anything? This volume brings together thirty-six scholars, critics, and filmmakers in search of an answer. Their responses range from the most personal to the most theoretical--and, together, recast current debates about film ethics. Movie watching here emerges as a wellspring of value, able to sustain countless visions of \"the good life.\" Films, these authors affirm, make us reflect, connect, adapt; they evoke wonder and beauty; they challenge and transform. In a word, its varieties of value make film \u003ci\u003einvaluable\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Film Is Good For\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully ambitious and timely collection that takes the form, in a sense, of a questionnaire--one that importantly does not seek or need a singular response to the question it asks, as if film could only be good in one way or for one thing, or simply not at all. The diversity of responses collected here is itself a profound lesson in how capacious a moral claim need be if moral it truly is.--Brian Price, author of \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Regret\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Whether one agrees with the writers' propositions, the pleasure of thinking through the claims, pondering these questions of worth, value, profit, loss, the many 'good fors' as well as the occasional 'not good for, ' is a good, indeed, an excellence in itself, opening to a vast and valuable conversation.\"--Janet Staiger, author of \u003ci\u003eInterpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePerverse Spectators: The Practices of Film Reception\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Their volume bookended by two marvelous pieces by filmmakers (Mike Figgis and Radu Jude), Julian Hanich and Martin Rossouw have assembled a peerless group of contributors to explore a wide range of compelling questions about film ethics and the value(s) of spectatorship. The result is a foundational volume for Screen Studies.\"--Catherine Grant, founding author of \u003ci\u003eFilm Studies for Free\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulian Hanich\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Groningen. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Audience Effect: On the Collective Cinema Experience\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCinematic Emotion in Horror Films and Thrillers: The Aesthetic Paradox of Pleasurable Fear\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin P. Rossouw\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art History and Image Studies at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He is author of \u003ci\u003eTransformational Ethics of Film: Thinking the Cinemakeover in the Film-Philosophy Debate\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777300627744,"sku":"9780520386815","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7b1d2c41bc1a18f412d1b65ad98bbad6.webp?v=1780496792","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-film-is-good-for-on-the-values-of-spectatorship-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}