Referentiality and the Films of Woody Allen [electronic resource] /
Wynter, D. E.author.
Szlezák, Klara.editor.
Referentiality and the Films of Woody Allen is a scholarly collection that provides expansive exploration of the auteur's use of intertexuality, referentiality, and fusion of media forms. Its scope is framed by Allen's intermedial phase beginning in 1983 with Zelig and his most recent film.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface; David Desser -- Introduction; Klara Stephanie Szlezák and D. E. Wynter -- PART I: INTERMEDIALITY AND FORM -- 1. Zelig: A Simulated Life; Britta Feyerabend -- 2. Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine: A Seductively Scented Flower Performing in a Theatrical Bubble; Nassim Winnie Balestrini -- PART II: EUROPEAN ART-CINEMA AND THE AUTEUR -- 3. 'Thank God the French Exist': Exploring the Referentiality of the Formal Elements of Film in Deconstructing Harry; Martin R. Hall -- 4. Two and a Half: Nostalgia, Modern Parody, and Fellini in Stardust Memories, Radio Days, and To Rome with Love; Giacomo Boitani -- PART III: GREEK MYTHOLOGY REVISITED -- 5. Oedipus or the Wrecks of the WASP Disguise; Naama Harel -- 6. Woody Allen and the Absurdity of Human Existence: Origin, Legacy, and Human Agency in God and Mighty Aphrodite; Michael Fuchs -- PART IV: LITERARY MASTERS OF 19TH-CENTURY REALISM -- 7. 'A Full Meal, with a Vitamin Pill and Extra Wheatgerm': Woody Allen, Dostoevsky, and Existential Morality; Zachary T. Ingle -- 8. 'Darling, Have You Seen My Strindberg Book?' Dialogism as Social Discourse in Match Point; D. E. Wynter -- PART V: REFERENTIALITY AND TRANSCULTURAL IMMERSION -- 9. Guitar and Cultural Trespass in Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Allan Havis -- 10. 'Hi Mr. Hemingway': Time and Space, Travel, and Literary Heritage in Midnight in Paris; Klara Stephanie Szlezák -- PART VI: IDENTITY: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND PERFORMANCE -- 11. Woody and 'Woody': The Making of a Persona; Wieland Schwanebeck -- 12. Magical Tricks and Ingmar Bergman: Referentiality in Magic in the Moonlight; Mari;a Elena de las Carreras-Kuntz -- Index.
Referentiality and the Films of Woody Allen is a scholarly collection that provides expansive exploration of the auteur's use of intertexuality, referentiality, and fusion of media forms. Its scope is framed by Allen's intermedial phase beginning in 1983 with Zelig and his most recent film.
Allen, Woody, 1935-
Motion pictures—United States.
Motion pictures and television.
Communication.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Performing arts.
Motion pictures—Production and direction.
American Cinema and TV.
Screen Studies.
Media Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Performing Arts.
Directing.