Laura Frahm
Jenseits des Raums: Zur filmischen Topologie des Urbanen.
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2010. Urbane Welten - Texte zur kulturwissenschaftlichen Stadtforschung. First edition. 9783837611212 425 pages.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 9", is in fine condition.
"Cinematic spaces unfold beyond known spatial coordinates. They open up a border area in which pictorial spatial fixations and a moving, transforming spatial thinking intersect. This book reframes the spatiality of film through the concept of cinematic topology. The theoretical foundation for this is gained by referring to central positions in spatial and film theory, while spatial dynamics are examined selectively in the course of a historiography of the cinematic metropolis in early urban films, in film noir and in episodic films. In the current spatial debate, cinematic topology provides new impulses and at the same time opens up a view of the conditions and possibilities of a media spatial theory."