Figuring the Past: Period Film and the Mannerist Aesthetic - Couverture souple

Vidal, Belén

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9089642811 ISBN 13 : 9789089642813

Editeur : Amsterdam University Press, 2012

Synopsis

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 - structure a critical journey through a selection of detailed case studies, in relation to changing notions of visual style, melodrama, and gender. This seeks to place this popular but often undervalued genre in a new light and to rethink its significance in the context of key debates in film studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Belén Vidal is a lecturer in film studies at King's College London.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Figuring the Past geeft een nieuwe kijk op kostuumdrama's die aan het begin van deze eeuw gemaakt zijn en onderzoekt de manieren waarop de hedendaagse cinema het historische verleden herschept. De auteur verkent de relatie tussen visuele motieven en culturele representaties in een aantal belangrijke films van onder anderen James Ivory, Martin Scors

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Amsterdam University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9089642811
• ISBN 13: 9789089642813
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible