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The long take: critical approaches

Gibbs, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0876-1798 and Pye, D., eds. (2017) The long take: critical approaches. Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television. Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK. ISBN 9781137585721

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Abstract/Summary

This is the first book in English exclusively devoted to the long take, one of the key elements of film style. Increasingly visible in contemporary international media, the long take currently attracts a good deal of attention in criticism and commentary. There are also significant strands of film theory in which duration has become a recurrent concern. In keeping with the approach of Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television, this collection is devoted to the detailed critical analysis of specific long takes, explored in terms of how they function within their contexts, how they shape the visual field, the meanings they generate and the effects they create. The Long Take: Critical Approaches brings together essays by established and emerging scholars (all but one essay commissioned for this volume) in an exciting collection that analyses works from a range of filmmaking traditions, from the 1930s to the present day, selected to represent varied long take practices and to explore associated debates.

Item Type:Book
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Film, Theatre & Television
ID Code:72313
Uncontrolled Keywords:long take, mise-en-scène, bazin, welles, ophuls, renoir, montage, editing, camera movement, preminger, mizoguchi, linklater, gravity, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, rossellini, minnelli, jost, Tsai Ming-liang, Benning, lockhart, duration, true detective, cuaron, digital, time, découpage, plan sequence, technology, history
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

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