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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788303203321

Autore

Pomerance Murray <1946->

Titolo

The eyes have it [[electronic resource] ] : cinema and the reality effect / / Murray Pomerance

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2013

ISBN

0-8135-6060-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Techniques of the Moving Image

Techniques of the moving image

Disciplina

791.43/612

Soggetti

Realism in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Vivid rivals -- The two of us -- Being there -- A fairy tale.

Sommario/riassunto

The Eyes Have It explores those rarified screen moments when viewers are confronted by sights that seem at once impossible and present, artificial and stimulating, illusory and definitive. Beginning with a penetrating study of five cornfield sequences-including The Wizard of Oz, Arizona Dream, and Signs-Murray Pomerance journeys through a vast array of cinematic moments, technical methods, and laborious collaborations from the 1930's to the 2000's to show how the viewer's experience of "reality" is put in context, challenged, and willfully engaged. Four meditations deal with "reality effects" from different philosophical and technical angles. "Vivid Rivals" assesses active participation and critical judgment in seeing effects with such works as Defiance, Cloverfield, Knowing, Thelma & Louise, and more. "The Two of Us" considers double placement and doubled experience with such films as The Prestige, Niagara, and A Stolen Life. "Being There" discusses cinematic performance and the problems of believability, highlighting such films as Gran Torino, The Manchurian Candidate, In Harm's Way, and other films. "Fairy Land" explores the art of scenic backing, focusing on the fictional world of Brigadoon, which borrows from both hard-edged realism and evocative landscape painting.