{"product_id":"9798765128329","title":"Edge of the Screen","description":"Author: Pomerance, Murray\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798765128329\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 312 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a series of seventeen mediations that revolve around the notion of the viewer's placement at the edge of the screen. Every page is an opportunity to think about an aspect of film, or of film viewing, in new ways, and to begin reconsidering deeply ingrained ways of unthinkingly characterizing and accounting for what it is that we watch when we watch a film, what happens to us, and how we make sense of and appreciate it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis volume follows from three others by the author- \u003ci\u003eVirtuoso- Film Performance and the Actor's Magic \u003c\/i\u003e(2020); \u003ci\u003eThe Film Cheat- Cinematic Artifice and Viewing Pleasure \u003c\/i\u003e(2021); and \u003ci\u003eUncanny Cinema- Agonies of the Viewing Experience \u003c\/i\u003e(2022). All of these, including \u003ci\u003eEdge of the Screen\u003c\/i\u003e, meander and interrogate cinema as we watch it, both connecting us to and disconnecting us from the moment of pleasure. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach meditation is characterized by a deep penetration of the inquiring, continually hungry authorial mind and a very extensive set of analyses of filmic moments from myriad films, including \u003ci\u003e2001- A Space Odyssey, Memento, Zabriskie Point, An American in Paris, Planet of the Apes \u003c\/i\u003e(1968), \u003ci\u003eSuperman \u003c\/i\u003e(1978), \u003ci\u003ePossessed, The Jungle Book \u003c\/i\u003e(1942), \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold, The Toll of the Sea, Rope, \u003c\/i\u003eand numerous others. These meditations are careful and philosophical as much as energetically ruminative, yet are written in an accessible style for all interested readers who both love cinema and wonder about that love. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach chapter can stand alone, even though all work together to challenge perspectives on what we encounter, experience, think, and feel when we watch films. Across its chapters, \u003ci\u003eEdge of the Screen\u003c\/i\u003e takes on a wide range of topics- the ontology of film; the relation between characters, actors, and the figures who appear onscreen; film's relationships to the other arts, especially painting but also novels and theatre; the passage of time in film, and its momentary character; film criticism, including deeply held values such as coherence; film's relationship to mortality; and more.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643222904990,"sku":"UBD-9798765128329","price":46.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798765128329.jpg?v=1774484588","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798765128329","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}