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SUBJECTS
Theater & Dance » Theater
Film & Television » Film (General)
AWARD(S)
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2005
REVIEWS
"...an easily understood study that melds modern theater practice with cinematic techniques....an excellent overview of how theater and film can coexist at the same time and place....Highly recommended. Academic libraries supporting the study of theater and film at the graduate level and above; professional collections."
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DESCRIPTION
Because of our film-oriented culture, the study of cinema's potential influence on the theater has become particularly relevant. When applied to the stage and space of theater, film theory and aesthetics open new possibilities, heightening the theater's capacity to respond to and engage with contemporary culture.
Director Babak Ebrahimian examines and explores the similarities and differences between cinema and theater, and in doing so, defines a new theater form that uses film theories and aesthetics as its foundation. The book begins by locating the need for cinematic theater in contemporary, image-based perceptions of the "real," and lays out the basic form and aesthetics that make up the cinematic theater.
To illustrate this approach, Ebrahimian analyzes the work of major film directors, including Sergei Eisenstein, Federico Fellini, Martin Scorsese, and Orson Welles. He also draws upon the perspectives of prominent contemporary theater directors and writers, among them Richard Foreman, Robert Wilson, and Heiner Muller. Bridging the gap between the two mediums, The Cinematic Theater will be of interest to students and practitioners of both theater and film.
Illustrated with photos.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Babak Ebrahimian is a director and professor in New York City. He has directed both theater and film, and has taught theater, cinema, and literature at Columbia and Stanford universities.
