Description
Book SynopsisLinda Haverty Rugg explores how nondocumentary narrative art films create alternative forms of collaborative self-representation and selfhood. Lively and accessible,
Self-Projection sheds new light on the films of iconic directors and on art cinema in general, ultimately showing how film can transform not only the autobiographical act, but what it means to have a self.
Trade Review"
Self-Projection is an innovative and engaging study that offers an insightful theoretical analysis of what constitutes the autobiographical in film. It will make a valuable and provocative contribution not just to the field, but to the larger question of intersubjectivity in self-representational discourse. This is the book we’ve been waiting for." —Julia Watson, Ohio State University
"This book is unique within film studies. Although Linda Haverty Rugg treats a range of familiar topics—from auteur theory to autobiography to art cinema—she brings them together in a way that is thoroughly her own. Rugg gives a wide-ranging and compelling argument for why it matters that filmmakers choose to enter their own works: a recognition of the complexity of the ways this relation takes place, an account of its importance for coming to terms with their films, and a clear and articulate road map for how to think about it." —Daniel Morgan, University of Chicago
Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Without a You, No I: Cinematic Self-Projection1. The Director’s Body2. The Director Plays Director3. Actor, Avatar4. Self-Projection and the Cinematic ApparatusConclusion: The Eye/I of the Auteur
NotesBibliographyFilmographyIndex
