Cinematic quests for identity : the hero's encounter with the beast / / Maria Garcia

• Autore: Garcia Maria <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/653; 791.43653
• Soggetto topico: Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures; Heroes in motion pictures; Animals in motion pictures
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references, filmographies and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Framing the Beast of Individuation; Chapter 2. A Woman's Beast: The Silence of the Lambs; Chapter 3. The Male Quest: When the Hero Doesn't Get "The Girl"; Chapter 4. Love Affairs with the Beast: Two Women of Screwball Comedy; Chapter 5. The Beast of the Diamond; Chapter 6. The Child's Quest: A First Glimpse of Mortality; Chapter 7. Catherine Breillat and the Fairy Tale Quest as "Passage"; Chapter 8. Robert Bresson and the Feminine Face of God; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the narrative and cinematic conventions of movies that are about the quest for identity and individuation. Chapters are devoted to individual films, such as La Belle et la Bête, The Silence of the Lambs, The Searchers, The Deer Hunter, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as considerations of films directed by Catherine Breillat and Robert Bresson.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cinematic quests for identity
• ISBN: 1-4422-4697-9; 1-4422-4698-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815494103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II