A rich and suggestive analysis of military 'ways of seeing', and a disturbing account of how these have now permeated our culture.
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Nov 04, 2009
Lewis
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This books tracks the parallels between the evolution of cinema with the development of warfare technologies. The first movie camera was based off of the technology of the Gatling gun, and today, with more unmanned drones being manufactured than piloted planes, combat has become more video game than war game.
This book isn't that up to date with current technologies, but the evolution of the way we see is already there in the text. WAR AND CINEMA is definitely more film theory tha More...
This book isn't that up to date with current technologies, but the evolution of the way we see is already there in the text. WAR AND CINEMA is definitely more film theory tha More...
Jan 01, 2008
Tosh
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Paul Virilio is a very interesting 'critic' (can't think of a better word for him at the moment) who in this particular book comments on the nature of war as some sort of film production - and you can see this happening on the news via CNN, etc.
I remember watching CNN when the U.S. dropped bombs in the first gulf war, and it was totally abstract. It was like watching an avant-garde film from the early 60's. And later when you have the computer imagery of what was happening but wi More...
I remember watching CNN when the U.S. dropped bombs in the first gulf war, and it was totally abstract. It was like watching an avant-garde film from the early 60's. And later when you have the computer imagery of what was happening but wi More...
Mar 22, 2011
Leonard
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At first, I was all like "OMG, this is amazing!" Then I was all like "meh".
Mar 27, 2008
Skidmarquez
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Virilio is amazing in this book and is probably at his most applicable. The coevolution of cinematic and war-making practices. Along with the rise in cinema so too war-making becomes more oriented to perception and less about destruction. In war a means of seeing is also a way of not seeing.
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