Wendy Sterba

Reel Photos

Balancing Art and Truth in Contemporary Film

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the role of photographs embedded in specific films to look at how we understand images. The book also explores how the viewer's perceptions of the photos are vital to the understanding and interpretation of each of the films discussed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9781442245235
• ISBN-10: 1442245239
• Artikelnr.: 41753707

Autorenporträt

By Wendy Sterba

Inhaltsangabe

1.1 Painting and dress in Blowup. 1.2 The blowup in Blowup. 1.3 Viewing the
body in Blowup. 1.4 Woman in the park in Blowup. 1.5 Quizzical expression
in Blowup. 1.6 Downcast look in Blowup. 2.1 First bathtub scene in Love
Crimes. 2.2 Child Dana viewing sex games in Love Crimes. 2.3 Framing of
second bathtub scene in Love Crimes. 2.4 Reverse shot of second tub scene
in Love Crimes. 2.5 Burning bath Polaroids in Love Crimes. 2.6 Reverse shot
of burning photos in Love Crimes. 3.1 Police evidence in L.A. Confidential.
3.2 Detective Cross discovers a missing photo in Along Came a Spider. 3.3
New sincerity in Nancy Drew. 3.4 Beam of light photo in Femme Fatale. 3.5
Femme Fatale's photographic mural. 3.6 Deckard's photos in Blade Runner.
4.1 Wolf man mask from Fur. 4.2 Gloved hand covering Diane's eyes from Fur.
4.3 Wolf man-style publicity poster of Lionel from Fur. 5.1 Mona Lisa eyes
by da Vinci. 5.2 George's Mona Lisa eyes in Mona Lisa. 5.3 Simone's Mona
Lisa eyes in Mona Lisa. 5.4 Polaroid of drinking tea in Mona Lisa. 5.5 Real
versus plastic spaghetti in Mona Lisa. 5.6 Cathy with a red bow in Mona
Lisa. 5.7 Simone as object of desire in Mona Lisa. 5.8 Mona Lisa on the
fridge in Mona Lisa. 6.1 Rosina's eye behind the camera in The Governess.
6.2 Rosina with veil in The Governess. 7.1 Crime scene photos in Somebody
Has to Shoot the Picture. 7.2 Close-ups of crime in Somebody Has to Shoot
the Picture. 7.3 Watches in Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture. 7.4
Photographic manipulation in Paparazzi. 7.5 The panopticon in Enemy of the
State. 7.6 Laramie empowered in Paparazzi. 8.1 Stills for carnal loop in
Invisible Adversaries. 8.2 Comparison shots: removing impurities in
Invisible Adversaries. 8.3 Comparison shots: fish and body prep in
Invisible Adversaries. 8.4 Comparison shots: fish and gerbil in Invisible
Adversaries. 8.5 Comparison shots: roll and turtle in Invisible
Adversaries. 8.6 Invisible Adversaries' video of Botticelli's Primavera.
8.7 Three contorted graces in Invisible Adversaries. 8.8 Holy icons of
modernity in Invisible Adversaries. 8.9 Paper photos on real fountain in
Invisible Adversaries. 8.10 Future and present scientists in 12 Monkeys.
10.1 Gary amid Venere bus ads in The Good Night. 10.2 Gary and Dora in the
past in The Good Night. 10.3 Mel's bedside table in The Good Night.