UID:
edocfu_9959234987802883
Umfang:
1 online resource (232 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-86455-X
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0-8135-5241-9
Inhalt:
Depictions of sex, violence, and crime abound in many of today's movies, sometimes making it seem that the idyllic life has vanished-even from our imaginations. But as shown in this unique book, paradise has not always been lost. For many years, depictions of heaven, earthly paradises, and utopias were common in popular films. Illustrated throughout with intriguing, rare stills and organized to provide historical context, Visions of Paradise surveys a huge array of films that have offered us glimpses of life free from strife, devoid of pain and privation, and full of harmony. In films such as Moana, White Shadows in the South Seas, The Green Pastures, Heaven Can Wait, The Enchanted Forest, The Bishop's Wife, Carousel, Bikini Beach, and Elvira Madigan, characters and the audience partake in a vision of personal freedom and safety-a zone of privilege and protection that transcends the demands of daily existence. Many of the films discussed are from the 1960s-perhaps the most edenic decade in contemporary cinema, when everything seemed possible and radical change was taken for granted. As Dixon makes clear, however, these films have not disappeared with the dreams of a generation; they continue to resonate today, offering a tonic to the darker visions that have replaced them.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Acknowledgments --
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Chapter one. The Great Escape --
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Chapter two. Eternal Summer --
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Chapter three. Paradise Now --
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Chapter four. The Uses of Heaven --
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Chapter five. The Promise of the Future --
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Works Cited --
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Index --
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8135-3797-5
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.36019/9780813552415
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813552415
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