Doubling, Distance and Identification in the Cinema [electronic resource] /
Coates, P.author.
This book argues theoretically for, and exemplify through critical and historical analysis, the interrelatedness of discourses on scale, distance, identification and doubling in the cinema. It contains analyses of a wide variety of films, including Citizen Kane, The Double Life of Véronique, The Great Gatsby, Gilda, Vertigo and Wings of Desire.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Neither Here Nor There1. Doubles and the Shadows in Plato's Cave2. Extensions of the Self3. Doubling, Distance and Instruments of Peceptions4. In and Out of the Shadows of Noir5. Cowboys and AliensWorks CitedIndex.
This book argues theoretically for, and exemplify through critical and historical analysis, the interrelatedness of discourses on scale, distance, identification and doubling in the cinema. It contains analyses of a wide variety of films, including Citizen Kane, The Double Life of Véronique, The Great Gatsby, Gilda, Vertigo and Wings of Desire.
Motion pictures—History.
Motion pictures—Production and direction.
Arts.
Motion pictures and television.
Communication.
Film History.
Directing.
Arts.
Screen Studies.
Media Studies.