War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception - Paperback
by Paul Virilio
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Availability:In StockContributor:Paul Virilio, Patrick CamillerSeries:Radical ThinkersPublish date:2009-06-01Pages:160
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VersoISBN-13:9781844673469ISBN-10:1844673464UPC:9781844673469Book Category:Performing Arts, Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:Film, Social, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:7.50 x 5.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4Product ID:SCTA808VG5
A rich and suggestive analysis of military ways of seeing, revealing the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare and cinema.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VersoISBN-13:9781844673469ISBN-10:1844673464UPC:9781844673469Book Category:Performing Arts, Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:Film, Social, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:7.50 x 5.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4Product ID:SCTA808VG5
Paul Virilio trained as an artist in stained glass, working with Braque and Matisse, as well as studying philosophy at the Sorbonne. In 1975 he was made director of the Ecole spéciale d'architecture in Paris. He retired from teaching in 1998 and now works with private organizations on projects to house the homeless in Paris. He has written many books, including War and Cinema, Open Sky, and Ground Zero. A translator from Romanian, Spanish, German, French, and Italian, Patrick Camiller has translated many works, including Dumitru Tsepeneag's Vain Art of the Fugue, The Necessary Marriage, and Hotel Europa.
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