The lure of the image : epistemic fantasies of the moving camera / Daniel Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Daniel, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinematography.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]

Summary:

The Lure of the Image shows how a close study of camera movement challenges key assumptions underlying a wide range of debates within cinema and media studies. Highlighting the shifting intersection of point of view and camera position, Daniel Morgan draws on a range of theoretical arguments and detailed analyses across cinemas to reimagine the relation between spectator and camera--and between camera and film world. With sustained accounts of how the camera moves in films by Fritz Lang, Guru Dutt, Max Ophuls, and Terrence Malick and in contemporary digital technologies, The Lure of the Image exposes the persistent fantasy that we move with the camera within the world of the film and examines the ways that filmmakers have exploited this fantasy. In so doing, Morgan provides a more flexible account of camera movement, one that enables a fuller understanding of the political and ethical stakes entailed by this key component of cinematic style.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Talking about the Moving Camera

Part One

2. The Lure of the Image

3. Where Are We?

Part Two

4. Object Lessons. The Variable Dynamics of Point of View

5. Max Ophuls and the Limits of Virtuosity

6. The Curious Ironist. Terrence Malick and the Drama of Perspective

7. Beyond the (Single) Camera

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520975446

0520975448

OCLC:

1243021415