Adam O'Brien
Biographic Data
| ID | 9212661 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam O'Brien |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Brien |
| SIGNATURE | BRIEN A O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Film and the Natural Environment
Environmental themes are present in cinema more than ever before. But the relationship between film and the natural world is a long and complex one, not reducible to issues such as climate change and pollution. This volume demonstrates how an awareness of natural features and dynamics can enhance our understanding of three key film-studies topics—narrative, genre, and national cinema. It does so by drawing on examples from a broad historical and …
Transactions with the World
In their bold experimentation and bracing engagement with culture and politics, the "New Hollywood" films of the late 1960s and early 1970s are justly celebrated contributions to American cinematic history. Relatively unexplored, however, has been the profound environmental sensibility that characterized movies such as The Wild Bunch, Chinatown, and Nashville. This brisk and engaging study explores how many hallmarks of New Hollywood filmmaking, …
When a film remembers its filming
In film studies, the zoom is often thought of as a technique relating to thought and attention, removed from and irrelevant to a film's grounded, spatial identity. However, by making visible the physical compromises involved in the act of filming, the zoom can also draw our attention to the physical circumstances of a production's existence in the pro-filmic world. The present article argues that this quality has been overlooked in writing on the…
Transactions with the World
In their bold experimentation and bracing engagement with culture and politics, the "New Hollywood" films of the late 1960s and early 1970s are justly celebrated contributions to American cinematic history. Relatively unexplored, however, has been the profound environmental sensibility that characterized movies such as The Wild Bunch, Chinatown, and Nashville. This brisk and engaging study explores how many hallmarks of New Hollywood filmmaking, …
Film and the Natural Environment
Environmental themes are present in cinema more than ever before. But the relationship between film and the natural world is a long and complex one, not reducible to issues such as climate change and pollution. This volume demonstrates how an awareness of natural features and dynamics can enhance our understanding of three key film-studies topics—narrative, genre, and national cinema. It does so by drawing on examples from a broad historical and …
When a film remembers its filming
In film studies, the zoom is often thought of as a technique relating to thought and attention, removed from and irrelevant to a film's grounded, spatial identity. However, by making visible the physical compromises involved in the act of filming, the zoom can also draw our attention to the physical circumstances of a production's existence in the pro-filmic world. The present article argues that this quality has been overlooked in writing on the…
Transactions with the World
In their bold experimentation and bracing engagement with culture and politics, the "New Hollywood" films of the late 1960s and early 1970s are justly celebrated contributions to American cinematic history. Relatively unexplored, however, has been the profound environmental sensibility that characterized movies such as The Wild Bunch, Chinatown, and Nashville. This brisk and engaging study explores how many hallmarks of New Hollywood filmmaking, …
Film and the Natural Environment
Environmental themes are present in cinema more than ever before. But the relationship between film and the natural world is a long and complex one, not reducible to issues such as climate change and pollution. This volume demonstrates how an awareness of natural features and dynamics can enhance our understanding of three key film-studies topics—narrative, genre, and national cinema. It does so by drawing on examples from a broad historical and …
Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Motion pictures (2 works) · 20th century (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Astrobiology (1 works) · Chemistry (1 works)