The reality of film : theories of filmic reality / Richard Rushton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rushton, Richard, author.

Series:

Manchester Film Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Motion pictures.

Realism in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations, porttraits; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In formulating a notion of filmic reality, The Reality of Film offers a novel way of understanding our relationship to cinema. It argues that cinema need not be understood in terms of its capacities to refer to, reproduce or represent reality, but should be understood in terms of the kinds of realities it has the ability to create.The Reality of Film investigates filmic reality by way of six key film theorists: André Bazin, Christian Metz, Stanley Cavell, Gilles Deleuze, Slavoj Žižek and Jacques Rancière. In doing so, it provides comprehensive introductions to each of these thinkers, while als

Contents:

9780719082689; 9780719082689; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: On the reality of film; 1 Beyond political modernism; 2 Realism, reality and authenticity; 3 The imaginary as filmic reality; 4 A reality beyond imagining; 5 Cinema produces reality; 6 Filmic reality and ideological fantasy; 7 Filmic reality and the aesthetic regime; Afterword; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

1-78170-299-3

1-84779-341-X

OCLC:

818847444