Narrative mortality : death, closure, and new wave cinemas / Catherine Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Catherine, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death in motion pictures.

New wave films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What seems like closure might be something more, as Catherine Russell shows us in this book about death in narrative cinema since the 1950's. Analyzing the structural importance of death in narrative endings, as well as the thematics of loss and redemption, Russell identifies mortality as a valuable critical tool for understanding the cinema of the second half of the twentieth century. Her work includes close textual readings of films by Fritz Lang, Wim Wenders, Oshima Nagisa, Jean-Luc Godard, and Robert Altman, among others.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Narrative Mortality; 1. Beyond Pleasure: Lang and Mortification; 2. Wim Wenders: Film as Death at Work; 3. Oshima Nagisa: The Limits of Nationhood; 4. Jean-Luc Godard: Allegory of the Body; 5. American Apocalypticism: The Sight of the Crisis; Conclusion: The Senselessness of Ending; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-262) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8608-4

OCLC:

476093707