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Autore |
Frank Alison |
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Titolo |
Reframing Reality : The Aesthetics of the Surrealist Object in French and Czech Cinema |
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Bristol, : Intellect Books Ltd, 2014 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 p.) |
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Music, Dance, Drama & Film |
Film |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Surrealist Objects and Cinema -- The notion of the surrealist object -- The hybrid object versus the surrealist object -- cinema versus surrealism -- Objects in surrealist cinema: Un Chien andalou -- Chapter 2: Style and the Hybrid Object in À Nous la liberté -- Style in À Nous la liberté -- Object analysis -- Chapter 3: The Everyday and the Hybrid Object in the Czech New Wave and Jan Švankmajer -- The context of a cultural renewal -- Czech surrealism from its beginnings to the 1960s -- Common concerns of Czech surrealism and the Czech New Wave -- Hybrid objects and the Czech New Wave -- Hybrid objects and Jan Švankmajer's short films of the 1960s -- Chapter 4: Genre and the Hybrid Object in Late Buñuel -- Generic hybridity and subjectivity in the 1930s and 60s -- Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie -- Belle de Jour -- Cet obscur objet du désir -- Chapter 5: Media Objects in Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain -- Jean-Pierre Jeunet and René Clair -- Cinéma du look -- Postmodernism -- Media of expression and communication as objects -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The surrealist object is an everyday item that takes on multiple associations by provoking the viewer's imagination. It also poses a specific challenge for some filmmakers who seek to apply surrealist ideas and approaches when making feature-length narrative films. In |
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Reframing Reality, Alison Frank looks specifically at French and Czech films, including works by Luis Buñuel and Jan Svankmajer, as well as the contemporary hit Amélie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, in order to offer a new take on surrealist film. |
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