LEADER 03213nam 22005415 450 001 9910483331403321 005 20250610110205.0 010 $a9783030629458 010 $a3030629457 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-62945-8 035 $a(CKB)4900000000508862 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6468501 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-62945-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29077913 035 $a(EXLCZ)994900000000508862 100 $a20210202d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmbiguity and Film Criticism $eReasonable Doubt /$fby Hoi Lun Law 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (190 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPalgrave Close Readings in Film and Television,$x2634-6141 311 08$a9783030629441 311 08$a3030629449 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Rethinking Ambiguity -- Part One: Considering Context and Convention -- 1. Difficulty of Explanation: The Enigmatic Vase Shots in Late Spring -- 2. Perplexing Style: The Programmatic Editing Strategy of Ten -- 3. Appropriateness of Clarification: Analytical Découpage and the Reductive Viewpoint -- Part Two: Reading in Detail -- 4. Depth of Suggestion: The Demonstrative Gestures in In a Lonely Place -- 5. Uncertainty of Understanding: The Unsettling Direct Look in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt -- Part Three: Coming to a Close -- 6. Questioning Closure: The Inconclusive Final Moments of Force Majeur -- Concluding Remarks: Reason and Responsibility. 330 $aThis book defends an account of ambiguity which illuminates the aesthetic possibilities of film and the nature of film criticism. Ambiguity typically describes the condition of multiple meanings. But we can find multiple meanings in what appears unambiguous to us. So, what makes ambiguity ambiguous? This study argues that a sense of uncertainty is vital to the concept. Ambiguity is what presses us to inquire into our puzzlement over a movie, to persistently ask "why is it as it is?" Notably, this account of the concept is also an account of its criticism. It recognises that a satisfying assessment of what is ambiguous involves both our reason and doubt; that is, reason and doubt can work together in our practice of reading. This book, then, considers ambiguity as a form of reasonable doubt, one that invites us to reflect on our critical efforts, rethinking the operation of film criticism. . 410 0$aPalgrave Close Readings in Film and Television,$x2634-6141 606 $aMotion pictures 606 $aClose Readings in Film and TV 606 $aFilm Theory 615 0$aMotion pictures. 615 14$aClose Readings in Film and TV. 615 24$aFilm Theory. 676 $a821.1 676 $a791.43015 700 $aLaw$b Hoi Lun$01228576 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483331403321 996 $aAmbiguity and film criticism$92852251 997 $aUNINA