Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons
Item Number
PN1994.R5684
Author/Artist/Editor
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
2008
Press/Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Description
This volume gathers twenty years of writing to explore the idea of--and the need for--a film canon. Though the idea may be unfashionable, particularly within the academy, Rosenbaum argues that a canon of great and near-great films is vital if we are to understand film as an art.
Keywords
Film, Canon