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Record Nr.

UNISA996207039103316

Autore

Vidal Villasur Belén

Titolo

Figuring the past [[electronic resource] ] : period film and the Mannerist aesthetic / / Bélen Vida

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-69824-2

90-485-1353-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Film Culture in Transition

Disciplina

791.43

791.4301

Soggetti

Motion pictures

Mannerism (Art)

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

Figuring the Past; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Period Film and the Mannerist Moment; Chapter 1 - A Poetics of Figuration; Chapter 2 - Present in the Past: The House; Chapter 3 - Time and the Image: The Tableau; Chapter 4 - The Scene of Writing: The Letter; Conclusion - Second Sight: Reviewing the Past, Figuring the Present; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Film Titles; Index of Names and Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

This definitive work offers a new approach to the period film at the turn of the twenty-first century, examining the ways in which contemporary cinema recreates the historical past. This book explores the relation between visual motifs and cultural representation in a range of key films by James Ivory, Martin Scorsese and Jane Campion, among others. Looking at the mannerist taste for citation, detail and stylisation, the author argues for an aesthetic of fragments and figures central to the period film as an international genre. Three key figures - the house, the tableau and the letter....