'Breaking Bad' Signs and Symbols: Reading Meaning into Sets, Props, and Filming Locations - Couverture souple

Valdez, Marc P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1720441618 ISBN 13 : 9781720441618

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

“‘Breaking Bad’ Signs and Symbols,” aims to understand some of the symbolism embedded in the backgrounds of "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul," in order to decode messages and stories Vince Gilligan and crew have hidden there. A series of tables are used to isolate how certain architectural features are used: Pueblo Deco Arches, Gentle Arches, Bell-Shaped Lamps, Parallel Beams in the Ceiling; Twinned Features; Five-Pointed Stars; Octagons, etc. In particular, daylighting innovations that were pioneered or promoted in Chicago are examined: Glass Block Windows, Luxfer Prismatic Tile Windows, and Plate Glass Windows. Like many cities in America’s Great Plains and Mountain West, Albuquerque obtained much of its architecture directly from Chicago via the AT&SF railroad and Highway 66. In “Breaking Bad,” Albuquerque is used as a stunt double for the City of Chicago. Certain symbols advance the plot: foreshadowing symbols like Pueblo Deco Arches, or danger symbols like bell shapes and stagger symbols. Other features, like Glass Block Windows or Parallel Beams in the Ceiling, tell stories about the legacies and corruptions of modernity, particularly those deriving from Chicago’s “Century of Progress” (1833-1932). Stories told by the architecture, sets, and props of “Breaking Bad” include: The Legacy of El Chapo; Tributes to Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest”; The Badger Comes To Entrap; The Five Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe; The Legacy of London's Crystal Palace; and an Homage to Patrick McGoohan’s “The Prisoner.” The way that the Native-American past is used in “Breaking Bad” suggests modern concerns like surveillance were ancient concerns as well.

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À propos de l'auteur

Marc P. Valdez was an Air Quality Dispersion Meteorologist at an air pollution consulting firm called Sierra Research, but these days, he’s semi-retired. He has lived in Sacramento, California since 1990. Marc Valdez was born in Albuquerque in 1956 and is a 1974 graduate of West Mesa High School (go Mustangs!) After leaving Albuquerque in 1980, Marc Valdez obtained M.S. (1985) and Ph.D. (1987) degrees in Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and also held post-doctoral positions in Tempe, AZ (1988: Arizona State University) and Salt Lake City, UT (1989: University of Utah). Marc Valdez volunteers with community musical theater and dance groups, and is affiliated with Tucson Regional Ballet (1985-1988), Woodland Opera House (1997-2001), and Davis Musical Theatre Company (2000-current). Among other ventures, Marc Valdez ran in the 2003 California Gubernatorial Recall Election. Of 135 candidates, he placed 41st.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1720441618
• ISBN 13: 9781720441618
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg