{"product_id":"surrealism-and-film-after-1945-absolutely-modern-mysteries-9781526149985","title":"Surrealism and Film After 1945: Absolutely Modern","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the first volume to focus on the diverse permutations of international surrealist cinema after the canonical interwar period. The collection features eleven original contributions by prominent scholars such as Tom Gunning, Michael Löwy, Gavin Parkinson and Michael Richardson, alongside other leading and emerging researchers. An introductory chapter offers a historical overview as well as a theoretical framework for specific methodological approaches. The collection demonstrates that renowned figures such as Leonora Carrington, Maya Deren, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Jan Švankmajer took part in shaping a vibrant and distinctive surrealist film culture following the Second World War. Addressing highly influential films and directors related to international surrealism during the second half of the twentieth century, it expands the purview of both surrealism and film studies by situating surrealism as a major force in postwar cinema. \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘In this major contribution to the burgeoning canon of interdisciplinary critical work in surrealism studies, Noheden and Susik have gathered together exciting new essays by leading scholars in the field, offering detailed historical and theoretical analyses of key films and directors which will wholly recalibrate our understanding of post-war developments in surrealism and its cinematic expressions.’\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Allmer, author of \u003ci\u003eLee Miller: Photography, Surrealism, and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The marvellous essays in Noheden and Susik’s \u003ci\u003eSurrealism and film after 1945 \u003c\/i\u003emake a compelling case for post-1945 as truly the movement’s “age of cinema” and a golden one at that. Sharpening our understanding of surrealist engagements with cinema and cinematic engagements with surrealism while inviting us to go expansively beyond the commonly understood historic and geographic boundaries, the essays in this collection provide a wondrous set of “enchanted wanderings” through postwar cinema, film culture and aesthetics. I am equally excited by what this collection accomplishes – in terms of a richer sense of the place(s) of surrealism in cinema’s modern era and its global nature – as I am by the new inquiries and itineraries it will surely inspire.’\u003cbr\u003eJames Leo Cahill, author of \u003ci\u003eZoological Surrealism: The Nonhuman Cinema of Jean Painlevé\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: absolutely modern mysteries – Abigail Susik and Kristoffer Noheden\u003cbr\u003e1 Surrealist networks and the films of Maya Deren – Krzysztof Fijalkowski\u003cbr\u003e2 Savage art: Michel Zimbacca's \u003ci\u003eL’Invention du monde \u003c\/i\u003e– Michael Löwy\u003cbr\u003e3 Joseph Cornell’s American appropriation of surrealism by means of cinema – Tom Gunning\u003cbr\u003e4 Buñuel \u003ci\u003erenascitur\u003c\/i\u003e: return of the prodigious son – Paul Hammond\u003cbr\u003e5 From Max Ernst’s collage to Jean Desvilles' cut-out animation: transposing \u003ci\u003eUne semaine de bonté\u003c\/i\u003e to film – Arnaud Maillet\u003cbr\u003e6 The uncontrollable in art: the Second Situationist International on freedom, Freddie, and film – Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen\u003cbr\u003e7 From \u003ci\u003eParis n’existe pas\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBerkeley Square\u003c\/i\u003e: surrealism, time travel and ‘second sight’ – Gavin Parkinson\u003cbr\u003e8 ‘Open the locksmiths’: on the collaboration between surrealism and \u003ci\u003ePositif \u003c\/i\u003e– Michael Richardson\u003cbr\u003e9 Mobile surrealism: Leonora Carrington’s cinematic adventures in Mexico – Felicity Gee\u003cbr\u003e10 The alchemy of surrealist presence in Alejandro Jodorowsky’s \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Mountain \u003c\/i\u003e– Abigail Susik\u003cbr\u003e11 Surrealist cinema in the Anthropocene: Nelly Kaplan, Jan Švankmajer, and the revolt of animals – Kristoffer Noheden\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041015202135,"sku":"9781526149985","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526149985.jpg?v=1750948606","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/surrealism-and-film-after-1945-absolutely-modern-mysteries-9781526149985","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}