Cinemagritte : René Magritte within the Frame of Film History, Theory, and Practice / Lucy Fischer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer, Lucy.

Series:

Contemporary approaches to film and media series.

Contemporary approaches to film and media series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magritte, René, 1898-1967.

Magritte, René.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages).

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Examines the fascinating ties between Surrealist artist René Magritte and the cinema.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface: Magritte and Me

Acknowledgments

Part 1. Backstory

1. Introduction: "A Trampoline for the Imagination"

2. Art Documentaries about Magritte/Magritte's "Home Movies"

3. Honoring the Artist: Cinematic Tributes to Magritte

4. The Belgian Surrealist Cinematic Avant-Garde

Part 2. Resonances of Magritte in Film, History, Theory, and Practice

5. Voyeurism and the Gaze

6. Fictional versus Real Persons and Spaces

7. Word versus Image

8. Pictures and Landscapes

9. Empty Frames and X-Ray Vision

10. Mindscreens

11. Petrification, Horror, and Fantasy

12. Animation

13. Faces and Masks

14. Science Fiction

15. Human-Animal Hybrids

16. Magic: Dismemberment and Decapitation

17. Windows

18. Bells and Belle

19. Curtains

20. Film History, Techniques, Processes, and Modes of Reception

21. Concluding Thoughts

Notes

Magritte Works and Credits

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814346389

0814346383

OCLC:

1122911323