UID:
almafu_9958074822202883
Format:
1 online resource (257 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781283698245
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1283698242
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9789048513536
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9048513537
Series Statement:
Film Culture in Transition
Content:
This definitive work offers a new approach to the period film at the turn of the twenty-first century, examining the ways in which contemporary cinema recreates the historical past. This book explores the relation between visual motifs and cultural representation in a range of key films by James Ivory, Martin Scorsese and Jane Campion, among others. Looking at the mannerist taste for citation, detail and stylisation, the author argues for an aesthetic of fragments and figures central to the period film as an international genre. Three key figures - the house, the tableau and the letter....
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Figuring the Past; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Period Film and the Mannerist Moment; Chapter 1 - A Poetics of Figuration; Chapter 2 - Present in the Past: The House; Chapter 3 - Time and the Image: The Tableau; Chapter 4 - The Scene of Writing: The Letter; Conclusion - Second Sight: Reviewing the Past, Figuring the Present; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Film Titles; Index of Names and Subjects
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Also available in print form.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789089642813
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9089642811
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789089642820
Additional Edition:
ISBN 908964282X
Language:
English
