{"product_id":"thinking-revolution-through-film-9783111529394","title":"Thinking Revolution Through Film","description":"This book aims to redefine the relationship between film and revolution. Starting with Hannah Arendt’s thoughts on the American and French Revolution, it argues that, from a theoretical perspective, revolutions can be understood as describing a relationship between time and movement and that ultimately the spectators and not the actors in a revolution decide its outcome. Focusing on the concepts of ‘time,’ ‘movement,’ and ‘spectators,’ this study develops an understanding of film not as a medium of agitation but as a way of thinking that relates to the idea of historicity that opened up with the American and French Revolution, a way of thinking that can expand our very notion of revolution. The book explores this expansion through an analysis of three audiovisual stagings of revolution: Abel Gance’s epic on the French Revolution \u003cem\u003eNapoléon\u003c\/em\u003e, Warren Beatty’s essay on the Russian Revolution \u003cem\u003eReds\u003c\/em\u003e, and the miniseries \u003cem\u003eJohn Adams\u003c\/em\u003e about the American Revolution. The author thereby offers a fresh take on the questions of revolution and historicity from the perspective of film studies.","brand":"Hanno Berger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48262655738107,"sku":"9783111529394","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_b30e26c1-1a3f-47ce-9f1d-3ff2b7ad3c1d.jpg?v=1774494422","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/thinking-revolution-through-film-9783111529394","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}