Studying Surrealist and Fantasy Cinema

Name: Studying Surrealist and Fantasy Cinema
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ISBN: 9781903663967

ISBN-10: 1903663962

ISBN-13: 9781903663967

Edition: 2008 (Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.)

Authors: Neil Coombs

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Pan's Labyrinth, Stranger than Fiction, The Science of Sleep... Surreal and fantastic cinema is enjoying a resurgence. A movement that goes back to the earliest days of cinema, it provides an exemplary case study to introduce all sorts of concepts -- Auteur study, representations, 'shocking cinema', textual analysis. Neil Coombs' guide is ideal for students new to the field, providing an explanation of the origins of Surrealism followed by detailed analyses from the history of 'world cinema', including: Buuel's The Phantom of Liberty, Svankmajer's Alice, Cocteau's Orphe, Lynch's Lost Highway, Jeunet & Caro's The City of Lost Children, and the work of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Being John…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication date: 11/25/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.20" wide x 4.60" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



Introduction


What is Surrealism?


Surrealist and Fantasy Cinema


Surreal Auteurs


Luis Bunuel and The Phantom of Liberty


Jean Cocteau and Orphee


Jan Svankmajer and Alice


David Lynch and Lost Highway


Jeunet and Caro and The City of Lost Children


Surrealism and Contemporary Cinema


David Cronenberg


Charlie Kaufman & Spike Jonze


Appendix - Answering Examination Questions on Surrealist and Fantasy Cinema


Bibliography