Memory and Imagination in Film [electronic resource] : Scorsese, Lynch, Jarmusch, Van Sant /
Lombardo, P.author.
Inspired by Baudelaire's art criticism and contemporary theories of emotions, and developing a new aesthetic approach based on the idea that memory and imagination are strongly connected, Lombardo analyzes films by Scorsese, Lynch, Jarmusch and Van Sant as imaginative uses of the history of cinema as well as of other media.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: The Wonder of Cinema: Scorsese; 1 Living in Manhattan in the 19th Century; 2 Memory and Astonishment in Shutter Island; 3 Style and Signature in Film; 4 Bazin, Bresson and Scorsese: Performatives in Film; Intermezzo; 5 Jim Jarmusch's Philosophy of Composition; Part II: Experimenting with Time and Space: Van Sant and Lynch; 6 Minimalist Aesthetics in Gerry; 7 Space and Long Takes in Paranoid Park; 8 Lives on Film: Gus Van Sant's Milk; 9 David Lynch: Painting in Film; Notes; Filmography
BibliographyIndex
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Inspired by Baudelaire's art criticism and contemporary theories of emotions, and developing a new aesthetic approach based on the idea that memory and imagination are strongly connected, Lombardo analyzes films by Scorsese, Lynch, Jarmusch and Van Sant as imaginative uses of the history of cinema as well as of other media.
Motion pictures—History.
Motion pictures—Production and direction.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Motion pictures—United States.
Film genres.
Motion pictures and television.
Film History.
Directing.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
American Cinema and TV.
Genre.
Screen Studies.