Reframing Reality: The Aesthetics of the Surrealist Object in French and Czech Cinema

Author:   Alison Frank
Publisher:   Intellect
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9781841507125


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   15 February 2014
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Author:   Alison Frank
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9781841507125


ISBN 10:   1841507121
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   15 February 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Surrealist Objects and Cinema The notion of the surrealist object The hybrid object versus the surrealist object; cinema versus surrealism Objects in surrealist cinema: Un Chien andalou Chapter 2: Style and the Hybrid Object in Á Nous la liberté Style in Á Nous la liberté Object analysis Chapter 3: The Everyday and the Hybrid Object in the Czech New Wave and Jan Švankmajer The context of a cultural renewal Czech surrealism from its beginnings to the 1960s Common concerns of Czech surrealism and Czech New Wave Hybrid objects and the Czech New Wave Hybrid Objects and Jan Švankmajer’s short films of the 1960s Chapter 4: Genre and the Hybrid Object in Late Bunuel Generic hybridity and subjectivity in the 1930s and 60s Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie Belle de Jour Cet obscure objet du désir Chapter 5: Media Objects in Le Fabuluex destin d’Amélie Poulain Jean-Pierre Jeunet and René Clair Cinéma du look Postmodernism Media of expression and communication as objects Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Alison Frank earned a PhD in medieval and modern languages at the University of Oxford. She is associate editor of the journal Wide Screen.

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