Mysteries of Cinema
eBook - PDF

Mysteries of Cinema

Reflections on Film Theory, History and Culture 1982-2016

  1. 378 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Mysteries of Cinema

Reflections on Film Theory, History and Culture 1982-2016

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Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Part I: Letters of Introduction
  3. 1. Retying the Threads
  4. 2. The Path and the Passeur
  5. 3. That Summer Feeling
  6. Part II: Scenographies
  7. 4. Scenes
  8. 5. Wishful Thinking
  9. 6. Entities and Energies
  10. 7. Entranced
  11. Part III: A Cinephile in Australia
  12. 8. No Flowers for the Cinephile. The Fates of Cultural Populism 1960-1987
  13. Part IV: The Lyrical Impulse
  14. 9. Refractory Characters, Shards of Time and Space
  15. 10. The Trouble with Fiction
  16. 11. Ball of Fire
  17. 12. The Ever-Tested Limit
  18. 13. Delirious Enchantment
  19. Part V: Genre Games
  20. 14. Mr Big
  21. 15. Unlawful Entries
  22. 16. Lady, Beware
  23. 17. Live to Tell
  24. 18. In the Mood For (Something Like) Love
  25. 19. Shivers, Surprise and Discomfort
  26. Part VI: Interventions
  27. 20. Making a Bad Script Worse
  28. 21. The Offended Critic
  29. 22. Wild Psychoanalysis of a Vicarious, Unstable Reality
  30. Part VII: Envoi
  31. 23. No Direction Home
  32. 24. Farewells, Full Circles and Ellipses
  33. 25. My Back Pages
  34. 26. The File We Accompany
  35. Sources of Texts
  36. Index