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Out of time : desire in atemporal cinema / Todd McGowan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGowan, Todd.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Philosophy.
- Motion pictures.
- Time in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A new temporal aesthetic in films such as Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2046, and The Hangover.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the origins of the atemporal film
- Temporality after the end of time in Pulp fiction
- Not the worst of all possible worlds : sacrificing the object in Butterfly effect
- Eternity without sunshine: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and the hopelessness of love
- The path to politics in The constant gardener
- "Something is lost" : the ethics of absolute negativity in 21 grams
- Timeless in space : placing eternity in 2046
- Affirmation of the lost object : Peppermint candy and the end of progress
- The temporal flight from trauma : Irreversible and the critique of experience
- Conclusion : an infinite Memento.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781452947099
- 1452947090
- 9780816676866
- 0816676860
- OCLC:
- 707067692
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