Reconciling film studies and geography: Adolfo Bioy Casares's La invencion de Morel.

From: Mosaic (Winnipeg) | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Fraser, Benjamin | Copyright information

When seen through Bergson's philosophy, the cinematic machine at the heart of La invencion de Morel bolsters recent attempts to reconcile the disciplines of film studies and cultural geography. Bioy Casares's novel serves as a concrete, if fantastic, introduction to powerful methodological shifts that have brought film-space and city-space together. 

 
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