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'The major essays of the distinguished and prolific Australian-born film critic Adrian Martin have long been difficult to access, so this anthology, which collects highlights of his work in one volume, will be welcomed throughout film studies. Martin offers in-depth analysis of many genres of films while providing a broad understanding of the history of cinema and the history of film criticism and culture. These vibrant, highly personal essays, written between 1982 and 2016, balance breadth across cinema theory with almost encyclopedic detail, ranging between aesthetics, cinephilia, film genre, criticism, philosophy, and cultural politics.
'Mysteries of Cinema circumscribes a special cultural period that began with the dream of critique as a form of poetic writing, and today arrives at collaborative experiments in audiovisual essays. Throughout these essays, Martin pursues a particular vision of what cinema has been, what it is, and what it still could be.' (Publication summary)
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A Dream Walking
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2020;
— Review of Mysteries of Cinema : Reflections on Film Theory, History and Culture 2018 multi chapter work criticism 'On and off for many years, the Australian film critic Adrian Martin has kept a dream diary; he mentions it occasionally in his writings, always with the implication that films and dreams aren’t so far apart.' (Introduction)
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A Dream Walking
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2020;
— Review of Mysteries of Cinema : Reflections on Film Theory, History and Culture 2018 multi chapter work criticism 'On and off for many years, the Australian film critic Adrian Martin has kept a dream diary; he mentions it occasionally in his writings, always with the implication that films and dreams aren’t so far apart.' (Introduction)
