Karen (Ren) vanMeenen

Watching Cosmic Time

Arts & Literature

“This book’s greatest strength is Moore’s attention to the humanities writ large as he deftly interweaves disciplines ranging from the geopolitics of modern European history to theology and religious allegory as underpinnings for his discussion of these films’ presentations of cosmic and metachronic time. This strategy provides both rich context and a compelling vision for how these works from cinema history correlate to the frisson of the contemporary film-viewing experience—from making meaning to the power of personal agency.”