John Orr

Broschiertes Buch

The Demons of Modernity

Ingmar Bergman and European Cinema

Beschreibung

First book length study of Ingmar Bergman in a specific European context - political, philosophical and aesthetic. Dispels commonly held myth of Bergman as a culturally isolated Swedish auteur. Use of the unusual concept of demonic materialism to distinguish and discuss Bergman's key loss of faith and the carnal physicality of his vision.

Autor

John Orr (1943-2010) was Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh where he taught film studies. He contributed to many film journals, and his books include Cinema and Modernity, Contemporary Cinema, The Art and Politics of Film, and Hitchcock and Twentieth Century Cinema. His most recent book is Romantics and Modernists in British Cinema (Edinburgh UP, 2010).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 215g
• ISBN-13: 9781785332036
• ISBN-10: 1785332031
• Artikelnr.: 44542059