| Description |
xxxv, 410 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction. A Postmodern/Poststructuratist Cinema -- Pt. 1. Postmodern Mega-Cinema -- 1. From British Cinema to Mega-Cinema / Paula Willoquet-Maricondi -- 2. Peter Greenaway and the Failure of Cinema / John Di Sufano -- 3. Neo-Baroque Imaging in Peter Greenaway's Cinema / Cristina Degli-Esposti Reinert -- 4. Tabula for a Catastrophe: Peter Greenaway's The Falls and Foucault's Heterotopia / Bart Testa -- Pt. II. Postmodern Features -- 5. Postmodernism and the French New Novel: The Influence of Last Year and Marienbad on The Draughtsman's Contract / Mary Alemany-Galway -- 6. Rising from the Ruins: Interpreting the Missing Formal Device within The Belly of an Architect / Michael Ostwald -- 7. Z is for Zebra, Zoo, Zed, and Zygote, or Is It Possible to Live with Ambivalence? / Jean Petrolle -- 8. Prospero's Books, Postmodernism, and the Reenchantment of the World / Paula Willoquet-Maricondi -- 9. The Crisis of Commentary: Tilting at Windmills in Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover / Dayana Stetco -- 10. Theater, Ritual, and Materiality in Peter Greenaway's The Baby of Macon / Lia M. Hotchkiss -- 11. Skin Deep: Fins-de-Siecle and New Beginnings in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book / Bridget Elliott and Anthony Purdy -- Pt. III. "Too Many Proofs Spoil the Truth" -- 12. Body and Text & Eight and a Half Women: A Laconic Black Comedy / Peter Greenaway -- 13. Two Interviews with Peter Greenaway / Paula Willoquet-Maricondi -- Pt. IV. "There Are Only Historians" -- 14. The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Peter Greenaway's Left Luggage / Heidi Peeters -- 15. Greenaway, the Netherlands, and the Conspiracies of History / David Pascoe |
| Summary |
"Since the 1960s, British multi-media artist Peter Greenaway has shocked and intrigued audiences with his avant-garde approach to filmmaking and other artistic ventures. From early experimental films to provocative features, Greenaway has deployed strategies associated with structuralist cinema only to challenge or critique the very limits of that cinema, and of film in general." |
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"In this collection of essays, scholars from a variety of disciplines explore various postmodern and poststructuralist aspects of Greenaway's films, starting with his early shorts and delving into his feature-length works, inclnding The Draughtman's Contract, The Belly of an Architect, A Zed and Two Noughts, The Cook, the Thief; His Wile and Her Lover, The Baby of Macon, and The Pillow Book. Other artistic productions, including his paintings and installutions, are also discussed. These essays examine the filmmaker's position within British and avunt-garde cinema and his interest in constructing and deconstructing representational systems."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Greenaway, Peter -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Willoquet-Maricondi, Paula, 1960-
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Alemany-Galway, Mary, 1944-
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| LC no. |
2008017134 |
| ISBN |
9780810862012 paperback alkaline paper |
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0810862018 paperback alkaline paper |
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