{"product_id":"a-house-made-of-light-essays-on-the-art-of-film-contemporary-film-television-contemporary-approaches-to-film-and-media-series-9780814329467","title":"A House Made of Light Essays on the Art of Film Contemporary Film  Television Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn eleven essays, Toles combines aesthetic inquiry with a psychology of spectatorship to illuminate the dialogue between sentiment and irony that unfolds in every good movie. Each essay ponders the nature and implications of a film experience and examines the ironies of spectatorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction - a House Made of Light. Part 1 Sentiments of War and Peace: Being Well-Lost in Film; No Bigger Than Zuzu's Petals -Dreaming the Real in \"\"It's a Wonderful Life\"\"; Thinking About Movie Sentiment - Toward a Reading of \"\"Random Harvest\"\"; On a Train to the Kingdom of Earth - Watching De Sica's Children. Part 2 Three Faces of Hitchcock: \"\"If Thine Eyes Offend Thee\"\" - \"\"Psycho\"\" and the Art of Infection; \"\"Rear Window\"\" as Critical Allegory; Mother Calls the Shots - Hitchcock's Female Gaze. Part 3 Cruel Pleasures and the Limits of Irony: This May Hurt a Little - the Art of Humiliation in Film; Obvious Mysteries in \"\"Fargo\"\"; Drowning for Love - Jean-Claude Lauzon's \"\"Leolo\"\"; From Archangel to Mandragora in Your Own Backyard - Colaborating with Guy Maddin.","brand":"Wayne State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768160354647,"sku":"9780814329467","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-house-made-of-light-essays-on-the-art-of-film-contemporary-film-television-contemporary-approaches-to-film-and-media-series-9780814329467","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}