CINEPHILIA IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL REPRODUCTION

Long a part of the theatrical experience, 'cinephilia' denotes a deep, even limitless passion for cinema including consuming, defining, sharing, discussing and writing about films. But what happens when the experience of the movies becomes something different–, something increasingly complemented by digital means? This volume of new essays explores the pleasures of cinema within online communication, digital imagery and digitised home viewing. Including the work of critics, scholars and bloggers from the US, the UK and Australia, Cinephilia in the Age of Digital Reproduction provides an innovative and multifaceted approach to the ever-evolving world of cinema culture. This first volume in a twin-anthology project includes contributions by Robert Burgoyne, Zach Campbell, Tobey Crockett, Brian Darr, Kevin Fisher, Andy Horbal, Christian Keathley, Adrian Martin, Jenna Ng, Lisa Purse, Dan Sallitt and Girish Shambu.

June 2009
288 pages

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Scott Balcerzak is an assistant professor of film and literature in the Department of English at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. He has published several articles on film and performance.

Jason Sperb teaches in the department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the author of The Kubrick Facade (2006).

 

'A bracingly intelligent anthology that signals the emergence of a new cultural formation. Theoretically well informed and engagingly readable, it dissolves distinctions between academics, journalists and enlightened amateurs, and it has a truly collaborative quality. Whatever changes the film medium may have undergone over the past two decades of digital technology and late capitalism, this volume proves that the love of cinema is renascent and as vital as ever.' – James Naremore, Indiana University