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Book SynopsisExplores the myriad ways that artists and the creative process have been represented on screen. Through the exploration of many distinct forms of cinema, Lucy Fischer examines such topics as the gender, age, and mental or physical health of fictionalized artists; the dramatized interaction between artists, audiences, and critics; and the formal play of written words and nonverbal images.
Trade Review"Fischer’s original, wide-ranging book shows that filmmakers have said as much or more than theorists about the complex figure of the author in modern culture."
-- James Naremore * Indiana University *
"Richly detailed, carefully researched, and elegantly written, Lucy Fischer’s
Body Double signficantly reshapes our understanding of authorship in the cinema while exploring related issues regarding gender, style, writing, and embodiment." -- Patrice Petro * Past President, Society for Cinema and Media Studies *
"Where is the author in film? In this book, Fischer offers a wide ranging, deeply informed view of the concept of authorship in cinema in all its manifestations. This brief review cannot begin to address the multitude of films, scenarists, directors, and films given detailed examination, but the manner in which Fischer discusses the films and their makers, both literary and cinematic, is authoritative and never less than richly detailed. This is a bold and adventurous book that repays multiple readings. Highly recommended."
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: The Screen Author--Wanted: Dead or Alive
1. Typecasting the Author
2. Beyond Adaptation: The Writer as Filmmaker
3. The Author at the Dream Factory: The Screenwriter and the Movies
4. The Authoress: Textuality as Sexuality
5. Writing Pain: The Infirm Author
6.
Cinecriture: Word and Image
7. Corpus and Oeuvre: Authorship and the Body
8. Stealing Beauty: The Reader, the Critic, and the Appropriation of the Authorial Voice
Afterword: Signs and Meaning in the Cinema
Notes
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
