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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817599903321

Autore

McGowan Todd

Titolo

Out of time : the ethics of atemporal cinema / / Todd McGowan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota, c2011

ISBN

1-4529-4709-0

0-8166-7686-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Classificazione

24.34

Disciplina

791.43/684

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Philosophy

Time 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

Introduction : the origins of the atemporal film -- Temporality after the end of time in Pulp fiction -- Not the worst of all possible worlds : sacrificing the object in Butterfly effect -- Eternity without sunshine: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and the hopelessness of love -- The path to politics in The constant gardener -- "Something is lost" : the ethics of absolute negativity in 21 grams -- Timeless in space : placing eternity in 2046 -- Affirmation of the lost object : Peppermint candy and the end of progress -- The temporal flight from trauma : Irreversible and the critique of experience -- Conclusion : an infinite Memento.

Sommario/riassunto

A new temporal aesthetic in films such as Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2046, and The Hangover.