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Deathwatch : American film, technology, and the end of life
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Deathwatch : American film, technology, and the end of life / C. Scott Combs.
ISBN
9780231163460 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231163460 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231163477 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0231163479 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780231538039 (ebook)
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Physical Description
viii, 276 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 01, 2014
Series
Film and culture
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: an elusive passage
Mortal recoil: early American execution scenes and the electric chair
Posthumous motion: the deathwork of narrative editing
Echo and hum: death's acoustic space in the early sound film
Seconds: the flashback loop and the posthumous voice
Terminal screens: cinematography and electric death
Coda: end(ings).
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