The DVD and the study of film
Subtitle: the attainable text
By: Mark Parker and Deborah Parker
Contributors: Parker, Deborah, 1954-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780230110441
Subjects: Motion pictures; DVD special features; PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
Description: "The DVD embodies a bold experiment in the delivery of film and in the history of film--a contextualized presentation that offers unusual advantages to students of film, to critics and scholars seeking to document its history, and to directors and other creative figures who wish to speak directly to their audiences. This book examines supplementary features created for DVD releases of film as a form of cinematic appreciation and criticism. Drawing on interviews with DVD producers, directors, and scholars, it explores how the format, at its best, combines the enthusiasm of a fan, cinematic nostalgia, and scholarly insight"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-190) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: The DVD and New Media * DVD Production and DVD Producers *Setting the Standard: The History of The Criterion Collection *Directors and DVD Commentary: the Specifics of Intention *Directorial Commentary and Film Study: The Case of Atom Egoyan *Scholarly Commentary and Film Study *The Anthologizing Impulse.