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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959402003321

Autore

Fischer Lucy

Titolo

Cinemagritte : René Magritte within the Frame of Film History, Theory, and Practice / / Lucy Fischer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, MI : , : Wayne State University Press, , 2019

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

9780814346389

0814346383

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages)

Collana

Contemporary approaches to film and media series

Disciplina

759.9493

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface: Magritte and Me -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. Backstory -- 1. Introduction: "A Trampoline for the Imagination" -- 2. Art Documentaries about Magritte/Magritte's "Home Movies" -- 3. Honoring the Artist: Cinematic Tributes to Magritte -- 4. The Belgian Surrealist Cinematic Avant-Garde -- Part 2. Resonances of Magritte in Film, History, Theory, and Practice -- 5. Voyeurism and the Gaze -- 6. Fictional versus Real Persons and Spaces -- 7. Word versus Image -- 8. Pictures and Landscapes -- 9. Empty Frames and X-Ray Vision -- 10. Mindscreens -- 11. Petrification, Horror, and Fantasy -- 12. Animation -- 13. Faces and Masks -- 14. Science Fiction -- 15. Human-Animal Hybrids -- 16. Magic: Dismemberment and Decapitation -- 17. Windows -- 18. Bells and Belle -- 19. Curtains -- 20. Film History, Techniques, Processes, and Modes of Reception -- 21. Concluding Thoughts -- Notes -- Magritte Works and Credits -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the fascinating ties between Surrealist artist René Magritte and the cinema.