Cinematic quests for identity : the hero's encounter with the beast / Maria Garcia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garcia, Maria, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breillat, Catherine--Criticism and interpretation.

Breillat, Catherine.

Bresson, Robert--Criticism and interpretation.

Bresson, Robert.

Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures.

Heroes in motion pictures.

Animals in motion pictures.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2015.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the narrative and cinematic conventions of movies that are about the quest for identity and individuation. Chapters are devoted to individual films, such as La Belle et la Bête, The Silence of the Lambs, The Searchers, The Deer Hunter, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as considerations of films directed by Catherine Breillat and Robert Bresson.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Framing the Beast of Individuation; Chapter 2. A Woman's Beast: The Silence of the Lambs; Chapter 3. The Male Quest: When the Hero Doesn't Get "The Girl"; Chapter 4. Love Affairs with the Beast: Two Women of Screwball Comedy; Chapter 5. The Beast of the Diamond; Chapter 6. The Child's Quest: A First Glimpse of Mortality; Chapter 7. Catherine Breillat and the Fairy Tale Quest as "Passage"; Chapter 8. Robert Bresson and the Feminine Face of God; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-88-8182-409-9

OCLC:

906699188