The Peculiarity of Ideas of Cinema Theory in the Work of D. Bordwell «Cinemascope. The Modern Miracle You See without Glasses»

Gomez Luur Megan Yuliana; Natalya Pimenova

doi:doi:10.31804/2782-540X-2025-4-1-47-62

VAK Russia 5 UDC 30 CSCSTI 13.00 Russian Classification of Professions by Education 51.00.00 Russian Library and Bibliographic Classification 7 Russian Trade and Bibliographic Classification 8 BISAC ART

The Peculiarity of Ideas of Cinema Theory in the Work of D. Bordwell «Cinemascope. The Modern Miracle You See without Glasses»

Published в Asia, America and Africa history and modernity · Volume 4, Issue 1, 2025 · Pages 47–62 · Rubrics: American culture

DOI 10.31804/2782-540X-2025-4-1-47-62

Received: 02.02.2025 Accepted: 04.03.2025 Published: 13.03.2025

Authors

Gomez Luur Megan Yuliana ¹ · Natalya Pimenova ²

1 Russian Federation

2 Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education "Siberian Federal University" (Associate Professor of the Department of Cultural Studies and Art History of the Siberian Federal University)

ABSTRACT

The object of this study is the article by David Bordwell "Cinemascope. The Modern Miracle You See Without Glasses". The article is devoted to D. Bordwell's ideas regarding Cinemascope and outlined in this article. D. Bordwell's publication is devoted to the Cinemascope movie screen format, in which the author talks about the origin, economic and social reasons for the emergence and implementation of this system, relationships with studios, the position in the international market and the use of this technology in Hollywood. Bordwell also pays attention to the reasons for the decline of Cinemascope, and then its abandonment, and how this format and technology laid the foundation for the development of cinematography, because it is the basis for other formats used in the modern film industry. David Bordwell is a significant figure in the field of cinematography studies. Thanks to his wide range of works and research, some approaches for the development of cinematography, theories for understanding the film process and spectator attention were proposed, his works are used as an introduction to the theory of cinematography. The article "Cinemascope. The Modern Miracle You See Without Glasses" is not published in Russian, but was included in the collection of D. Bordwell "Poetics of Cinema", published in 2007 and reissued in 2012. This article reveals the specifics of his assessment and study of the Cinemascope system as a discovery of his time, positioned as an entry into the era of modern cinema, and at the same time a product of the film industry and for the film industry.

KEYWORDS

David Bordwell "Cinemascope: Modern Wonders You Can See Without Glasses" "Cinemascope: Modern Wonders You Can See Without Glasses" "The Poetics of Cinema" new film industry

Information

Authors:

1. Russian Federation

2. Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education "Siberian Federal University" (Associate Professor of the Department of Cultural Studies and Art History of the Siberian Federal University)

Type:

Article

Pages:

from 47 to 62

Status:

Published

Subject area:

VAK Russia 5
UDC 30
CSCSTI 13.00
Russian Classification of Professions by Education 51.00.00
Russian Library and Bibliographic Classification 7
Russian Trade and Bibliographic Classification 8
BISAC ART ART

Language:

Russian

Keywords:

David Bordwell, "Cinemascope: Modern Wonders You Can See Without Glasses", "Cinemascope: Modern Wonders You Can See Without Glasses", "The Poetics of Cinema", new, film industry

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