Poetic Cinema and the Spirit of the Gift in the Films of Pabst, Parajanov, Kubrick and Ruiz

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-94-6372-624-5
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 19 g

Reihe: Amsterdam University Press

Poetic Cinema and the Spirit of the Gift in the Films of Pabst, Parajanov, Kubrick and Ruiz explores the poetic thinking of these master filmmakers. It examines theoretical ideas, including Maori anthropology of the gift and Sufi philosophy of the image, to conceive film as abundant gift. Elaborating on how this gift may be received, this book imagines film as our indispensable mentor - a wild mentor who teaches us how to think with moving images by learning to perceive evanescent forms that simply appear and disappear.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jayamanne, Laleen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: In Memory of Thomas Elsaesser

Introduction: Spirit of the Gift-Cinematic Reciprocity

Ch 1. A Gift Economy: GW Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929)

Ch 2. Fabric of Thought: Sergei Parajanov's The Colour of Pomegrantes (1968), Ashik Kerib (1988)

Ch 3. Nicole Kidman in Blue Light: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Ch 4. Ornamentation and Pathology: Raul Ruiz' Klimt (2006)

Afterword: Poetics of Film Pedagogy

Bibliography

Filmography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jayamanne, Laleen
Laleen Jayamanne taught Cinema Studies in the Department of Art History and Film at the University of Sydney. She is the author of The Epic Cinema of Kumar Shahani (IUP 2015)