Emerging Cosmology |
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| Author:
| Lovell, Bernard |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-05304-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1981 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $124.95 |
Book Description:
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Examines the treatment of space and narrative in a selection of classic films including My Darling Clementine, It's a Wonderful Life, and Vertigo. Deborah Thomas employs a variety of arguments in exploring the reading of space and its meaning in Hollywood cinema and film generally. Topics covered include the importance of space in defining genre; the ambiguity of offscreen space and spectatorship, and the use of spatially disruptive cinematic techniques such as...
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Examines the treatment of space and narrative in a selection of classic films including My Darling Clementine, It's a Wonderful Life, and Vertigo. Deborah Thomas employs a variety of arguments in exploring the reading of space and its meaning in Hollywood cinema and film generally. Topics covered include the importance of space in defining genre; the ambiguity of offscreen space and spectatorship, and the use of spatially disruptive cinematic techniques such as flashback to construct meaning.