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OverviewIn this new book by cultural critic John David Ebert, Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film masterpiece The Shining is analyzed in a scene-by-scene breakdown. Drawing upon such theoreticians as Martin Heidegger, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Ebert sees the film as the attempts of a human singularity, a boy with psychic powers, to rupture the Eternal Returns of the temporal sinkhole represented by the Overlook Hotel, a place full of dead memories which recur over and over again (as the hotel's name suggests). Ebert tells the tale of the achievement of the boy Danny Torrance in breaking the hotel's repetition of events endlessly with a difference that cuts the circle of Mythic Repetition and traces a line of flight out into the unknown possibilities of the future. Thus, it is Danny Torrance's difference rather than his father Jack Torrance's attempt at repetition that prevails, and Ebert describes, in intricate detail, the processes that lead to this eventual breakthrough. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John David EbertPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.245kg ISBN: 9781515105497ISBN 10: 1515105490 Pages: 162 Publication Date: 16 July 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJohn David Ebert is a cultural critic and the author of thirteen books of cultural criticism, including Apocalypse Now Scene-by-Scene, Star Wars Scene-by-Scene, Art After Metaphysics, and The New Media Invasion. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |