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Manchester University Press Modern European Cinema and Love
Book SynopsisModern European cinema and love examines nine European directors whose films contain stories about romantic love and marriage. The directors are Jean Renoir, Ingmar Bergman, Alain Resnais, Michelangelo Antonioni, Agnès Varda, François Truffaut, Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard and Éric Rohmer. The book approaches questions of love and marriage from a philosophical perspective, applying the ideas of authors such as Stanley Cavell, Leo Bersani, Luce Irigaray and Alain Badiou, while also tracing key concepts from Freudian psychoanalysis. Each of the filmmakers engages deeply with notions of modern love and marriage, often in positive ways, but also in ways that question the institutions of love, marriage and the ‘couple’.Trade Review‘In this thoughtful and persuasive book, Richard Rushton focuses on how European cinema from the 1960s onwards has grappled with the problem of other minds by representing the thoroughly modern marriage. Rushton draws on Stanley Cavell’s work on comedies of remarriage to show how the heterosexual couple in crisis is a dominant feature of European cinema too. He thus offers a new perspective on debates about the relationship between European and Hollywood cinema, in a framework that emphasises how both filmmaking cultures work through the impact of changing gender relations and the new subjectivities they forge.’Fiona Handyside, Associate Professor in Film Studies, University of Exeter‘In a refreshingly clear-sighted reconsideration of some cornerstone films of European art cinema, Richard Rushton demonstrates arresting connections with the classical Hollywood romantic comedy. Reading the cycles side by side, by way of philosophical theories of love, marriage and subjectivity, he opens up new perspectives on both as well as on that most enduringly ubiquitous axis of social organisation and human meaning, the romantic relationship itself. Remaining admirably accessible throughout, this is a book for lovers of cinema and lovers tout court alike.’Mary Harrod , Associate Professor of Film Studies, University of Warwick'Rushton’s brilliant move is to take such difficult matters as love, romance and coupling as seriously as European New Wave cinema did. In doing so, he not only provides rich new readings of well-loved films but also shakes loose the supposed ideological coherence of those New Waves.'Kyle Stevens, Associate Professor of English, Appalachian State University -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: acknowledgment and connectedness1 Remarriage in Hollywood and Europe2 The falsity of social worlds: The Rules of the Game3 Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night: acknowledgment and deception4 Ingmar Bergman: comedies and tragedies5 Alain Resnais and the communication of love6 Michelangelo Antonioni: learning how to love7 Agnès Varda: the construction and destruction of the couple8 François Truffaut and the impossible couple9 Federico Fellini: love and forgiveness10 Jean-Luc Godard: in praise of two11 Éric Rohmer: the ordinary miracle of loveIndex
£76.50
Edinburgh University Press Schizoanalysis and Visual Cultures
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Manchester University Press The Reality of Film Theories of Filmic Reality
Book SynopsisIn formulating a notion of filmic reality, The Reality of Film offers a novel way of understanding our relationship to cinema. It argues that cinema need not be understood in terms of its capacities to refer to, reproduce or represent reality, but should be understood in terms of the kinds of realities it has the ability to create.Trade Review... a lucid and careful intervention through the seemingly well-worn but under-scrutinized reality and film debate.Insisting on cinema's activity, namely its ability to produce beyond its oftlauded mimetic qualities, has arguably never been more relevant.Many readers will find the strength of The Reality of Film is its accessability.... argument powerfully convincing and plausible.... Rushton strives to confront political modernism's confines.Its impetus and moral is to always (re)consider films anew and to commit to the wonder and awe that cinema can initiate, an affect, we would be wise to remember, mobilized by human imagination. In so doing, Rushton reminds the reader of the work left to be done in film studies, of the new avenues of inquiry wrenched open when cinema's questions are stirred and its potential awoken, its examination incomplete.‘This book is a must-read for those who enjoy both film theory as well as social sciences, as Rushton skilfully balances the two subjects, and it’s an interesting read for all film scholars as it provides a fresh perspective into a subject that has been examined by many before him.’Rachel Wassii, Film Matters 7.2 (2016) -- .Table of ContentsList of illustrationsIntroduction: On the reality of film1. Beyond political modernism2. Realism, reality and authenticity3. The imaginary as filmic reality4. A reality beyond imagining5. Cinema produces reality6. Filmic reality and ideological fantasy7. Filmic reality and the aesthetic regimeAfterwordNotesReferencesIndex
£18.99
Manchester University Press Modern European Cinema and Love
Book SynopsisModern European cinema and love examines nine European directors working from the 1950s onwards whose films contain stories about and reflections on romantic love and marriage. -- .
£22.50
Manchester University Press The Reality of Film Theories of Filmic Reality
Book SynopsisIn formulating a notion of filmic reality, The Reality of Film offers a novel way of understanding our relationship to cinema. It argues that cinema need not be understood in terms of its capacities to refer to, reproduce or represent reality, but should be understood in terms of the kinds of realities it has the ability to create.Trade Review... a lucid and careful intervention through the seemingly well-worn but under-scrutinized reality and film debate.Insisting on cinema's activity, namely its ability to produce beyond its oftlauded mimetic qualities, has arguably never been more relevant.Many readers will find the strength of The Reality of Film is its accessability.... argument powerfully convincing and plausible.... Rushton strives to confront political modernism's confines.Its impetus and moral is to always (re)consider films anew and to commit to the wonder and awe that cinema can initiate, an affect, we would be wise to remember, mobilized by human imagination. In so doing, Rushton reminds the reader of the work left to be done in film studies, of the new avenues of inquiry wrenched open when cinema's questions are stirred and its potential awoken, its examination incomplete.‘This book is a must-read for those who enjoy both film theory as well as social sciences, as Rushton skilfully balances the two subjects, and it’s an interesting read for all film scholars as it provides a fresh perspective into a subject that has been examined by many before him.’Rachel Wassii, Film Matters 7.2 (2016) -- .Table of ContentsList of illustrationsIntroduction: On the reality of film1. Beyond political modernism2. Realism, reality and authenticity3. The imaginary as filmic reality4. A reality beyond imagining5. Cinema produces reality6. Filmic reality and ideological fantasy7. Filmic reality and the aesthetic regimeAfterwardBibliography
£76.50
