Cinematic overtures : how to read opening scenes / Annette Insdorf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Insdorf, Annette, author.

Series:

University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures

University seminars, Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xi, 188 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]

Summary:

A great movie's first few minutes provide the key to the rest of the film. In Cinematic Overtures, Annette Insdorf discusses the opening sequence, inviting viewers to turn first impressions into deeper understanding of cinematic technique. She offer a series of revelatory readings of individual films and the works of some of cinema's leading directors Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Crafted Frame (Saul Bass, Talk to Her, Knife in the Water, Camouflage) 1

2 The Opening Translated from Literature (The Conformist, The Tin Drum, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, All the President's Men, Cabaret) 14

3 Narrative Within the Frame: Mise-en-Scène and the Long Take (Touch of Evil, The Player, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, The Piano, Bright Star, In Darkness) 35

4 Narrative Between the Frames: Montage (Z; Hiroshima, mon amour; Seven Beauties; Schindler's List; Three Colors: Red; The Shipping News; Shine) 55

5 Singular Point of View (The Graduate, Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Come and See, Lebanon, Good Kill) 73

6 The Collective Protagonist (La Ciudad, 3 Backyards, Little Miss Sunshine, Le Bal, Day for Night, A Separation, Where Do We Go Now?) 96

7 Misdirection/Visual Narration (The Hourglass Sanatorium, Before the Rain, Ajami, Under Fire, The Conversation, Rising Sun, Psycho, The Truman Show) 122

8 Voice-Over Nattation/Flashback (Sunset Boulevard, American Beauty, Fight Club, Badlands) 150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231182249

0231182244

9780231182256

0231182252

OCLC:

989123749