Film Art Poetics

Author: (Soviet) Doblin / Luo Huisheng / Wu Gang
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Publishing Date: 2001-03-01
Features: This book introduces the theoretical perspectives and creative techniques of "poetic cinema" and "prose cinema" in Soviet film, affirms the achievements of employing poetic language in film and its impact on the development of world cinema, and points out the fundamental differences between Soviet "poetic cinema" and French "avant-garde" pure cinema experiments. The authors compare the metaphor with narrative techniques, elaborates in detail the elements constituting metaphorical techniques, and discusses the ultimate integration of poetry and prose. The Chinese translation of this book was first published in 1963 and is now reprinted.