Figures Traced in Light On Cinematic Staging

"The choreography of cinematic creation is stunningly revealed in this learned and lively book. Finely historical with meticulous descriptions of directors, actors, and cameras in motion,Figures Traced In Lightregisters for the first time the abiding patterns of cinematic staging around the world and through the years. "--Janet Walker, author ofTrauma Cinema "David Bordwell is undoubtedly the most productive and influential film historian at work today. His magisterialFigures Traced in Lightcombines incisive close analyses of compelling filmic artifacts with a painstaking attention to all pertinent research materials. Eschewing any abstract notion of Film, he stresses the labor, thought, and creativity which goes into the staging of individual films."--Eric Rentschler, Harvard UniversityBordwell, David is the author of 'Figures Traced in Light On Cinematic Staging', published 2005 under ISBN 9780520241978 and ISBN 0520241975.