Eric Faden

Eric Faden serves as Professor of English at Bucknell University, specializing in early cinema and teaching diverse film/media studies courses ranging from introductory surveys (ENGL 130) to advanced production seminars (ENGL 339) and auteurs studies covering Hitchcock, Tati, Lupino, and Kiarostami.

Education:

• Ph.D. from Florida

His research critically examines pre-cinematic practices through Japanese Utsushi-e (写し絵) and Kami Firumu (紙フィルム), exploring how academic scholarship functions as audiovisual medium. Current projects investigate historical cinematic techniques and their cognitive implications, particularly regarding inattentional blindness in Tati's comedies.

Scholarly output reveals evolving focus from foundational media theory (2007-2008) toward digital humanities tools (2021 KALMUS software) and videographic criticism, consistently addressing fair use, classical Hollywood narration, and cross-cultural cinematic analysis without disciplinary boundaries.

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