Film Figures

Author : Warwick Mules
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501361227

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Film Figures by Warwick Mules Pdf

Film Figures develops a figural account of the memory structure of films. Employing theoretical concepts drawn from a range of sources, including French post-humanist philosophy and German Idealism, the book undertakes an organology of film guided by the work of Bernard Stiegler whose philosophy of mnemotechnesis provides the framework of analysis. Situating films in the quantum field of spacetime relativity as a field of cosmic views, inquiry into film figures begins with disturbances in the experience of films themselves, posing questions of the relation between the dead past and the living future in film story-telling. By breaking the façade of the continuing present through self-questioning, we open films to their figural dimensions in the counter-movement of drive as negentropic resistance. Following the back-movement of drive switches our perception to the figural register in which characters become figures probing blindly for what the film will have been in another time – a time yet to be lived. By following the anterior possibilities of this other time, we open films to the archival future in which a new future comes forth. This book provides theoretical and analytical concepts as well as strategies for taking a step into this future, guided by questions of the right path to take given the relativity of views in which the film can be experienced. Films analysed include Murnau's The Last Laugh, Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, Hitchcock's Rear Window, Welles's The Lady from Shanghai, Fellini's Intervista, Antonioni's L'Eclisse, Bresson's Une Femme Douce, and Zeller's The Father.

Author : Ann C. Paietta
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476610160

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Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895-2003 by Ann C. Paietta Pdf

The portrayal of clergy, saints, missionaries, monks, and other spiritual leaders dates back to the very beginnings of motion pictures and television. Over the years, filmmakers have portrayed religious figures as heroes and villains, sinners and saints, and nearly everything in between. Through their works, filmmakers have influenced how society viewed these religious figures and, by extension, religion itself. This work details over 900 films and television series made from the 1890s through 2003 in which a religious figure plays a prominent or recurring role, or in which a character poses as a religious figure. For each motion picture, full filmographic data are provided--including title, studio, running time, year of release, director, producer, writer, and cast--along with a synopsis focusing on the role of the religious figure. Television series are covered in a separate section. For each show, the entry includes the title under which the show was commonly known; the original broadcast network; the years the show ran, running time, and cast; and a brief discussion of the religious character's role in the overall series. Extensively indexed.

Author : Rebecca A. Umland
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786479887

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Outlaw Heroes as Liminal Figures of Film and Television by Rebecca A. Umland Pdf

Unlike such romanticized renegades as Robin Hood and Jesse James, there is another kind of outlaw hero, one who lives between the law and his own personal code. In times of crisis, when the law proves inadequate, the liminal outlaw negotiates between the social imperatives of the community and his innate sense of right and wrong. While society requires his services, he necessarily remains apart from it in self-preservation. The modern outlaw hero of film and television is rooted in the knight errant, whose violent exploits are tempered by his solitude and devotion to a higher ideal. In Hollywood classics such as Casablanca (1942) and Shane (1953), and in early series like The Lone Ranger (1949-1957) and Have Gun--Will Travel (1957-1963), the outlaw hero reconciles for audiences the conflicting impulses of individual freedom versus serving a larger cause. Urban westerns like the Dirty Harry and Death Wish franchises, as well as iconic action figures like Rambo and Batman, testify to his enduring popularity. This book examines the liminal hero's origins in medieval romance, his survival in the mythology of the Hollywood western and his incarnations in the urban western and modern action film.

Author : M. Gallagher
Publisher : Springer
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781403977236

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Action Figures by M. Gallagher Pdf

What accounts for the massive global popularity of action films and adventure literature? How do men and women respond to iconic screen stars such as Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve McQueen, and Charlton Heston? Action genres have been Hollywood's most profitable global exports for most of its history, their male heroes the subject of much fascination and derision. Bestselling literary thrillers, from The Hunt for Red October to Into Thin Air , have also contributed markedly to popular understandings of male activity. Action Figures takes stock of action narratives' many appeals and recognizes how contemporary crises of gender identity manifest themselves in popular commercial texts.

Author : Linda Williams
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0520078969

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Figures of Desire by Linda Williams Pdf

"An important contribution to film theory. . . . Williams has a fluid, assured style. She is clearly in command of the subject. She's made a strong and original argument for the psychoanalytic basis of Surrealism."--James Monaco, author of The New Wave

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1294 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : PSU:000066489306

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Film Year Book by Anonim Pdf

Author : D. Dowson,J.M. Georges,M. Priest,C. M. Taylor,P. Ehret,P.R.N. Childs,G. Dalmaz,A A Lubrecht,Y. Berthier,L. Flamand
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 857 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080542973

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Thinning Films and Tribological Interfaces by D. Dowson,J.M. Georges,M. Priest,C. M. Taylor,P. Ehret,P.R.N. Childs,G. Dalmaz,A A Lubrecht,Y. Berthier,L. Flamand Pdf

This collection of fully peer-reviewed papers were presented at the 26th Leeds-Lyon Tribology Symposium which was held in Leeds, UK, 14-17 September, 1999. The Leeds-Lyon Symposia on Tribology were launched in 1974, and the large number of references to original work published in the Proceedings over many years confirms the quality of the published papers. It also indicates that the volumes have served their purpose and become a recognised feature of the tribological literature. This year's title is 'Thinning Films and Tribological Interfaces', and the papers cover practical applications of tribological solutions in a wide range of situations. The evolution of a full peer review process has been evident for a number of years. An important feature of the Leeds-Lyon Symposia is the presentation of current research findings. This remains an essential feature of the meetings, but for the 26th Symposium authors were invited to submit their papers for review a few weeks in advance of the Symposium. This provided an opportunity to discuss recommendations for modifications with the authors.

Author : M.T. Bray,Samuel H. Cohen,Marcia L. Lightbody
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781475793222

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Atomic Force Microscopy/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy by M.T. Bray,Samuel H. Cohen,Marcia L. Lightbody Pdf

The first U. S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center Atomic Force/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (AFM/STM) Symposium was held on lune 8-10, 1993 in Natick, Massachusetts. This book represents the compilation of the papers presented at the meeting. The purpose ofthis symposium was to provide a forum where scientists from a number of diverse fields could interact with one another and exchange ideas. The various topics inc1uded application of AFM/STM in material sciences, polymers, physics, biology and biotechnology, along with recent developments inc1uding new probe microscopies and frontiers in this exciting area. The meeting's format was designed to encourage communication between members of the general scientific community and those individuals who are at the cutting edge of AFM, STM and other probe microscopies. It immediately became clear that this conference enabled interdisciplinary interactions among researchers from academia, industry and government, and set the tone for future collaborations. Expert scientists from diverse scientific areas including physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and electronics were invited to participate in the symposium. The agenda of the meeting was divided into three major sessions. In the first session, Biological Nanostructure, topics ranged from AFM ofDNA to STM imagmg ofthe biomoleeule tubulin and bacterialluciferase to the AFM of starch polymer double helices to AFM imaging of food surfaces.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : English periodicals
ISBN : PRNC:32101042216604

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The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Physics
ISBN : PSU:000068486068

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London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1174 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Physics
ISBN : UOM:39015017664999

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Philosophical Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : P. Marcus
Publisher : The Electrochemical Society
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781566778145

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Oxide Films by P. Marcus Pdf

The papers included in this issue of ECS Transactions were originally presented in the symposium ¿Oxide Films¿, held during the 216th meeting of The Electrochemical Society, in Vienna, Austria from October 4 to 9, 2009.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : MINN:319510012278799

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The Crown Colonist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cambridge Philosophical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1014 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Science
ISBN : HARVARD:32044102923257

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Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society Pdf

Author : Cambridge Philosophical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWHQBI

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Proceedings by Cambridge Philosophical Society Pdf