The reality of film [[electronic resource] ] : theories of filmic reality / / Richard Rushton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791952603321
• Autore: Rushton Richard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave, 2011
• ISBN: 1-78170-299-3; 1-84779-341-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Classificazione: AP 45100
• Disciplina: 791.4301
• Soggetti: Realism in motion pictures; Motion pictures - Philosophy
• 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: 9780719082689; 9780719082689; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: On the reality of film; 1 Beyond political modernism; 2 Realism, reality and authenticity; 3 The imaginary as filmic reality; 4 A reality beyond imagining; 5 Cinema produces reality; 6 Filmic reality and ideological fantasy; 7 Filmic reality and the aesthetic regime; Afterword; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In formulating a notion of filmic reality, The Reality of Film offers a novel way of understanding our relationship to cinema. It argues that cinema need not be understood in terms of its capacities to refer to, reproduce or represent reality, but should be understood in terms of the kinds of realities it has the ability to create.The Reality of Film investigates filmic reality by way of six key film theorists: André Bazin, Christian Metz, Stanley Cavell, Gilles Deleuze, Slavoj Žižek and Jacques Rancière. In doing so, it provides comprehensive introductions to each of these thinkers, while als