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Surrealism and Cinema.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, Michael, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Political aspects.
- Surrealism in motion pictures.
- Local Subjects:
- Motion pictures--Political aspects.
- Surrealism in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Berg Publishers, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Surrealism has been recognised as having made a major contribution to film theory and practice, and many contemporary film-makers acknowledge its influence. This book charts the history of surrealist film-making in both Europe and Hollywood. It is useful for those interested in surrealist ideas, and art and the history of film.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1 Surrealism and Popular Culture; 2 Luis Buñuel and the Snares of Desire; 3 Jacques Prévert and the Poetry of the Eventual; 4 Surrealism and Hollywood; 5 Surrealism and the Documentary; 6 Nelly Kaplan and Sexual Revenge; 7 Walerian Borowczyk and the Touch of Desire; 8 Jan Švankmajer and the Life of Objects; 9 Panique: A Ceremony Beyond the Absurd; 10 The Baroque Heresy of Raúl Ruiz; 11 Surrealism and Contemporary Cinema; Notes; Selected Filmography; Bibliography; General Index; Film Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612545559
- 9781282545557
- 1282545558
- 9781847881083
- 1847881084
- OCLC:
- 191935717
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