The Phantom Empire
Item Number
PN1995.O17
Author/Artist/Editor
Geoffrey O'Brien
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
1993
Press/Publisher
Norton
Language
English
Description
The invention of moving pictures is almost certainly the most powerful shaper of the unique consciousness of the modern age. For almost a century now we have all been at the movies, and our brains are overcrowded with the ghostly traces of all we have seen and "experienced." By now the movies are our mental wallpaper and, perhaps, even the medium through which we perceive the world. The Phantom Empire is the first book that truly captures and explains this peculiar and now universal state of thought and feeling. It focuses on the global proliferation of film, a worldless, irrational lingua franca, infinitely rich in images but conveying a knowledge radically different from the culture of the word.
Important Notes
Black and white illustrations.
Keywords
Film
ISSN/ISBN
0-393-31296-8
Availability
Available
OCLC
27431983