Landscape allegory in cinema
Subtitle: from wilderness to wasteland
By: David Melbye.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780230104075
Subjects: Landscape in motion pictures
Description: This interdisciplinary study offers an introduction to the relatively unexplored area of the form of cinematic space referred to as "the landscape of the mind." Exploring the psychological use of natural setting in both avant-garde and mainstream cinema, this study seeks to understand how these settings serve as outward manifestations of characters' inner subjective states. David Melbye traces cultural trajectories of landscape depiction as far back as the Middle Ages in painting and literature to nurture a greater awareness of visual allegory in the films of the silent era up through the present, focusing specifically on the prolific appearance of landscape allegory in films of the 1960s and '70s.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : defining landscape allegory; title: Landscape depiction before cinema; title: Spiritualized landscapes of the nineteenth century; title: Advent of filming landscape allegory; title: Depiction of landscape in avant-garde films; title: Spiritual wasteland films; title: Italian wasteland allegory; title: Australian outback allegory; title: Landscape allegory in Hollywood; title: River/jungle and other imperialist allegories; title: Landscape allegory in other narrative contexts; title: Conclusion : landscape allegory into the future.