Cinema and modernism
Modernism was concerned with everyday life, perception, time and the kaleidoscopic and fractured experience of urban space. Cinema, with its techniques of close-up, panning, flashbacks and montage played a major role in shaping experimental works such as Mrs Dalloway or Ulysses. Here Laura Marcus explores the impact of cinema on modernist literature.
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Examinations Modernism GCE ZEN Film Studies Local Governing Body MUBI University British Documentary Spike Lee NEA Avant-Garde Editing Oscars Carol Revision Destinations Computer Science BFI Films
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