
Surrealism and film after 1945
Absolutely modern mysteries
- 280 pages
- English
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Surrealism and film after 1945
Absolutely modern mysteries
About this book
This is 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 Ć vankmajer 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: absolutely modern mysteries â Abigail Susik and Kristoffer Noheden
- 1 Surrealist networks and the films of Maya Deren â Krzysztof FijaĆkowski
- 2 Savage art: Michel Zimbaccaâs LâInvention du monde â Michael Löwy
- 3 Joseph Cornellâs American appropriation of surrealism by means of cinema â Tom Gunning
- 4 Buñuel renascitur: return of the prodigious son â Paul Hammond
- 5 From Max Ernstâs collage to Jean Desvillesâ cut-out animation: transposing Une semaine de bontĂ© to film â Arnaud Maillet
- 6 The uncontrollable in art: the Second Situationist International on freedom, Freddie, and film â Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen
- 7 From Paris nâexiste pas to Berkeley Square: surrealism, time travel, and âsecond sightâ â Gavin Parkinson
- 8 âOpen the locksmithsâ: on the collaboration between surrealism and Positif â Michael Richardson
- 9 Mobile surrealism: Leonora Carringtonâs cinematic adventures in Mexico â Felicity Gee
- 10 The alchemy of surrealist presence in Alejandro Jodorowskyâs The Holy Mountain â Abigail Susik
- 11 Surrealist cinema in the Anthropocene: Nelly Kaplan, Jan Ć vankmajer, and the revolt of animals â Kristoffer Noheden
- Index