1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464774803321

Autore

Branigan Edward <1945->

Titolo

Point of view in the cinema : a theory of narration and subjectivity in classical film / / Edward Branigan ; foreword by David Bordwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton, , [1984]

©1984

ISBN

3-11-081759-4

Edizione

[Reprint 2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Approaches to Semiotics [AS] ; ; 66

Disciplina

791.43/01

Soggetti

Motion picture plays - History and criticism

Motion pictures - Philosophy

Point of view (Literature)

Subjectivity in motion pictures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Chapter 1 The Problem of Point of View -- Chapter 2 Film as System -- Chapter 3 Narration -- Chapter 4 Subjectivity -- Chapter 5 The Point-of-view Shot -- Chapter 6 Character Reflection and Projection -- Chapter 7 The Modern Text: Subjectivity under Siege from Fellini's 8 1/2 to Oshima's The Story of a Man Who Left His Will on Film -- Chapter 8 Metatheory -- Appendix Orthodox Theories of Narration -- Suggested Further Reading -- Index -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Branigan effectively criticizes the communication model of narration, a task long overdue in Anglo-American circles. The book brings out the extent to which mainstream mimetic theories have relied upon the elastic notion of an invisible, idealized observer, a convenient spook whom critics can summon up whenever they desire to "naturalize" style. The book also makes distinctions among types of subjectivity; after this, we will have much more precise ways of tracing the fluctuations among a character's vision, dreams, wishes, and so forth. Branigan also explains the necessity of distinguishing levels of narration.