An attempt to locate cinema alongside philosophy, painting, geography and travel in terms of a history of modernism. The book focuses on a collection of geographical and ethnographic films and photographs amassed by banker Albert Kahn, in the 1900s - arguably an instance of French modernism.
| ISBN: | 9780851708546 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2001 |
| Author: | Sam Rohdie |
| Publisher: | BFI an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 220 pages |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism |
An attempt to locate cinema alongside philosophy, painting, geography and travel in terms of a history of modernism. The book focuses on a collection of geographical and ethnographic films and photographs amassed by banker Albert Kahn, in the 1900s - arguably an instance of French modernism.
Promised Lands features in the following genres: Film history, theory or criticism
Promised Lands is available in Hardback
Promised Lands was written by Sam Rohdie and published by BFI an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
Promised Lands has 220 pages