Alternative worlds in Hollywood cinema [[electronic resource] ] : resonance between realms / / James Walters
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| Autore: |
Walters James (James R.)
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| Titolo: |
Alternative worlds in Hollywood cinema [[electronic resource] ] : resonance between realms / / James Walters
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| Pubblicazione: | Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.430973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Motion pictures - United States |
| Motion pictures - Aesthetics | |
| Motion pictures | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Includes filmography. | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Establishing Contexts; Part One: Imagined Worlds; Chapter Two: Imagined Worlds; Chapter Three: Making it Home: The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939) & The Woman in the Window (Fritz Lang, 1944); Chapter Four: Return to Innocence: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michael Gondry, 2004); Part Two: Potential Worlds; Chapter Five: Potential Worlds; Chapter Six: Reclaiming the Real: It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946); Chapter Seven: The Search for Tomorrow: Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993) |
| Part Three: Other WorldsChapter Eight: Other Worlds; Chapter Nine: Life Beyond Reason: Brigadoon (Vincente Minnelli, 1954); Chapter Ten: Rehearsal Space: Pleasantville (Gary Ross, 1998); Conclusion; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Alternative worlds in films such as The Wizard of Oz, It's a Wonderful Life, Donnie Darko and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind offer similarities and resonances to our world, but provide a way for filmmakers to address the human condition by forming a sincere and serious connection with everyday life. An illuminating new book explores the history, background and meaning of films that feature alternative worlds - films in which characters cross back and forth between another world and our own, which bring out correspondences and resonances between the worlds they depict. The popularity of |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema |
| ISBN: | 1-281-77622-X |
| 9786611776220 | |
| 1-84150-252-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782366803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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