A very faithful drawing may actually tell us more about the model but despite the promptings of our critical intelligence it will never have the irrational power of the photograph to bear away our faith.
All the arts are based on the presence of man, only photography derives an advantage from his absence. Photography affects us like a phenomenon in na… - Andre Bazin
All the arts are based on the presence of man, only photography derives an advantage from his absence. Photography affects us like a phenomenon in na…
- Andre Bazin
The essential factor in the transition of the baroque to photography is not the perfecting of a physical process... rather does it lie in a psycholog… - Andre Bazin
The essential factor in the transition of the baroque to photography is not the perfecting of a physical process... rather does it lie in a psycholog…
The 'Western' is the only genre whose origins are almost identical with those of the cinema itself. - Andre Bazin
The 'Western' is the only genre whose origins are almost identical with those of the cinema itself.
The photographer proceeds, via the intermediary of the lens, to a point where he literally takes a luminous imprint, a cast... [But] the cinema reali… - Andre Bazin
The photographer proceeds, via the intermediary of the lens, to a point where he literally takes a luminous imprint, a cast... [But] the cinema reali…
Photography can strip from the world that spiritual dust and grime with which our eyes have covered it. - Andre Bazin
Photography can strip from the world that spiritual dust and grime with which our eyes have covered it.
How has The Grand Illusion held up over the years? It is not enough to say that it has retained its power. Not only has the stature of the film remai… - Andre Bazin
How has The Grand Illusion held up over the years? It is not enough to say that it has retained its power. Not only has the stature of the film remai…
All films are born free and equal. - Andre Bazin
All films are born free and equal.
A very faithful drawing may actually tell us more about the model but despite the promptings of our critical intelligence it will never have the irra… - Andre Bazin
A very faithful drawing may actually tell us more about the model but despite the promptings of our critical intelligence it will never have the irra…
Today we can say that at last the director writes the film. The image--its plastic composition and the way it is set in time, because it is founded o… - Andre Bazin
Today we can say that at last the director writes the film. The image--its plastic composition and the way it is set in time, because it is founded o…
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