DVD and the Study of Film, The Attainable Text (Innbundet (stive permer))

Mark Parker is a Professor of English at the James Madison University. Deborah Parker is a Professor of Italian at the University of Virginia.

The DVD embodies a bold experiment in the delivery of film and in the history of film - a contextualized presentation that offers unusual advantages to students of film, to critics and scholars seeking to document its history, and to directors and other creative figures who wish to speak directly to their audiences. This book examines supplementary features created for DVD releases of film as a form of cinematic appreciation and criticism. Drawing on interviews with DVD producers, directors, and scholars, it explores how the format, at its best, combines the enthusiasm of a fan, cinematic nostalgia, and scholarly insight.

The DVD and New Media * DVD Production and DVD Producers * Setting the Standard: The History of The Criterion Collection * Directors and DVD Commentary: the Specifics of Intention * Directorial Commentary and Film Study: The Case of Atom Egoyan * Scholarly Commentary and Film Study * The Anthologizing Impulse