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Nonfiction Film

A Critical History Revised and Expanded

By: Richard Barsam

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Nonfiction Film

A Critical History Revised and Expanded

By: Richard Barsam

Richard Barsam has given us as comprehensive a study of the origins and development of the nonfiction mode in motion pictures as we are ever likely to have in one volume. He draws on all the major written sources and many which are little known, and he shares with us many eloquent descriptions of the films themselves, giving us a valuable textbook." --Richard Dyer MacCann "... superb work... " --Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television

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Indiana University Press

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0253207061

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9780253207067

Reverence for Life

Albert Schweitzer's Great Contribution to Ethical Thought

By: Ara Paul Barsam

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Reverence for Life

Albert Schweitzer's Great Contribution to Ethical Thought

By: Ara Paul Barsam

Albert Schweitzer maintained that the idea of "Reverence for Life" came upon him on the Ogowe River as an "unexpected discovery, like a revelation in the midst of intense thought." While Schweitzer made numerous significant contributions to an incredible diversity of fields - medicine, music, biblical studies, philosophy and theology - he regarded Reverence for Life as his greatest contribution and the one by which he most wanted to be remembered. Yet this concept has been the subject of a range of distortions and misunderstandings, both academic and popular. In this book, Ara Barsam provides a new interpretation of Schweitzer's reverence and shows how it emerged from his studies of German philosophy, Indian religions, and his biblical scholarship on Jesus and Paul. By throwing light on the origin and development of Schweitzer's thought, Barsam leads his readers to a closer appreciation of the contribution that reverence makes to current ethical issues. Whereas previous commentators have focused on "reverence for life" as a philosophical ethic located in that tradition, this book demonstrates that it is in fact Schweitzer's theology that provides the hitherto undiscerned foundation for his ethic. Even among those who herald Schweitzer as the one who brought "reverence" to Christianity, there exists a tendency to underemphasize how his thinking also developed from his pivotal encounter with Indian religions. As Barsam shows, it is impossible to grasp the nature and the significance of Barsam's contribution without addressing that link. Life-centered ethics - in the broadest sense - have continued to flourish, yet Schweitzer's pioneering contribution is often overlooked. Not only did he help establish the issue on the moral agenda, but, most significant, he also provided much sought after philosophical and theological foundations. Schweitzer emerges from this critical study of his life and thought as a remarkable individual who should rightfully be regarded as a moral giant of the twentieth-century.

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Oxford University Press

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0198044089

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9780198044086

Looking at Movies

Seventh Edition with Registration Card

By: Monahan, Dave,Barsam, Richard

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Seventh Edition with Registration Card

By: Monahan, Dave,Barsam, Richard

Building on studentsÕ enthusiasm for screened entertainment, Looking at Movies is more successful than any other text at motivating students to understand and analyze what they see onscreen. The Seventh Edition features new and refreshed video, assessment, and interactive media, making the bookÕs pathbreaking media program more assignable and gradable than ever before. Looking at Movies gives instructors all they need to inspire students to graduate from passive watching to active looking.

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0393885836

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Looking at Movies

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By: Monahan, Dave,Barsam, Richard

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Looking at Movies

Sixth Edition

By: Monahan, Dave

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Sixth Edition

By: Monahan, Dave

Building on students' enthusiasm for movies, this text is more successful than any other at motivating students to understand and analyze film. In the new Sixth Edition, author Dave Monahan has thoroughly revised the book for clarity and currency, while adding new interactive learning tools to support student learning. The best book and media package for introductory film just got better.

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039367469X

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Nonfiction Film

A Critical History Revised and Expanded

By: Richard Barsam

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A Critical History Revised and Expanded

By: Richard Barsam

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Looking at Movies

By: Richard Barsam

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By: Richard Barsam

Film analysis starts here.Looking at Movies is the most effective introduction to film analysis available. From its very first chapter, Looking at Movies provides students with the tools they need to become perceptive viewers of film. The Fourth Edition is not only more comprehensive, but also more accessible and sophisticated in its integration of media.

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0393116530

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The Vision of Robert Flaherty

The Artist as Myth and Filmmaker

By: Richard Meran Barsam

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The Vision of Robert Flaherty

The Artist as Myth and Filmmaker

By: Richard Meran Barsam

Previous studies of Robert Flaherty have tended toward the celebration of the legend rather than toward an examination of its sources or an assessment of its validity. The Vision of Robert Flaherty: The Artist as Myth and Filmmaker is the first book-length critical evaluation of Flaherty's approach, working methods, and achievements. While this is not a biography, Barsam's study rests on the proposition that no matter how hard one tries to separate an artist and his work, they each inform the other. Barsam examines both the form and the content of Flaherty's films with the intention of seeing more clearly the merits of Flaherty's films and thus understanding more deeply his achievements"--Back cover.

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0253204607

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9780253204608

In the Dark

A Primer for the Movies

By: Richard Meran Barsam

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In the Dark

A Primer for the Movies

By: Richard Meran Barsam

An introduction to movie making, its history, and criticism.

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Viking Juvenile

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0670396826

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9780670396825

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