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1 online resource |
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Contemporary approaches to film and media series |
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Contemporary approaches to film and media series.
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| Contents |
Preface: Magritte and me -- Acknowledgements -- PART 1. BACKSTORY. 2. Introduction: "A trampoline for the imagination" -- 2. Art documentaries about Magritte/Magritte's home movies -- 3. Honoring the artist: cinematic tributes to Magritte -- 4. The Belgian surrealist cinematic avant-garde -- PART 2. RESONANCES OF MAGRITTE IN FILM HISTORY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE. 5. Voyeurism and the gaze -- 6. Fictional versus real persons and spaces -- 7. Word versus image -- 8. Pictures and landscapes -- 9. Empty frames and X-ray vision -- 10. Mindscreens -- 11. Petrification, horror, and fantasy -- 12. Animation -- 13. Faces and masks -- 14. Science fiction -- 15. Human-animal hybrids -- 16. Magic: dismemberment and decapitation -- 17. Windows -- 18. Bells and belle -- 19. Curtains -- 20. Film history, techniques, processes, and modes of reception -- 21. Concluding thoughts -- Notes -- Magritte works and credits -- Index |
| Summary |
Examines the fascinating ties between Surrealist artist René Magritte and the cinema |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-270), Magritte works and credits (pages 271-276) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2019) |
| Subject |
Magritte, René, 1898-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Magritte, René, 1898-1967 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Magritte, René, 1898-1967 fast |
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Surrealism in motion pictures.
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Art and motion pictures.
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Artists in motion pictures.
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Artists in motion pictures
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Art and motion pictures
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Surrealism in motion pictures
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0814346383 |
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9780814346389 |
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