Originally published as Volume 3, No. 1 and 2 (2023) of Brill’s journal Studies in World Cinema: A Critical Journal.
Cover illustration: Still from Malena Szlam’s ALTIPLANO, 2018, 35 mm, colour, sound, 15:30 min. Courtesy Malena Szlam.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: De Luca, Tiago editor | Mroz, Matilda editor
Title: Elemental world cinema : cinematic entanglements of earth, fire, water and air / edited by Tiago de Luca, Matilda Mroz.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025. | Series: Contemporary cinema, 1572-3070 ; vol.12 | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025018535 (print) | LCCN 2025018536 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004735118 paperback | ISBN 9789004735125 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Four elements (Philosophy) in motion pictures | Motion pictures–History | LCGFT: Film criticism
Classification: LCC PN1995.9.F68 E54 2025 (print) | LCC PN1995.9.F68 (ebook) | DDC 791.43/67–dc23/eng/20250515
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025018535
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025018536
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ISSN 1572-3070
ISBN 978-90-04-73511-8 (paperback)
ISBN 978-90-04-73512-5 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004735125
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