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The Fourier Integral and Its Application

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Product Description: How can a voice whose source is never seen& mdash;such as Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey or the mother of Norman Bates in Psycho& mdash;have such a powerful hold on an audience? When does "synchronized sound" fail to link bodies to their voices, and how do such great stylists of sound film as Jacques Tati, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Marguerite Duras deploy the power of the voice? In this brilliant essay, Michel Chion, internationally cited authority on the history and poetics of film sound, examines the human voice in cinema...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: ¿En qué se convierten las notas musicales una vez incorporadas a las películas? ¿Qué efectos producen en estas últimas las melodías, las sonoridades y los ritmos? ¿Qué tipo de espejismos e ideales representa la propia música cinematográfica después de cien años de historia del cine? A medio camino entre el ensayo y la divu...read more

Product Description: This work examines the work of David Lynch, American cult figure and director of such films as "Twin Peaks", "Blue Velvet", "Wild at Heart" and "Eraserhead". Chion details how the films came about, chronicles the creative interactions between the director and his familiar collaborators and locates the films within their contemporary American context...read more