“The Hum of the Conversing Audience”: Ordinary Criticism and Film Culture in American Early Film Theory
This article seeks to explore the early stages of American film theory, where cinephilia became a site of aesthetic interest and criticism thanks to the theorization of cinema as a conversational medium. Following Stanley Cavell’s analysis of a distinct form of moviegoing in America, based on the ca...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023-08-01
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| Series: | Open Philosophy |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2022-0251 |