Testing Coherence in Narrative Film
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-62195-1 (ISBN)
This book examines the concept of coherence in film studies. It asks if there are ways to appreciate the achievement of coherence in narrative films that are characterised by an eccentric or difficult style, as well as by an apparently confusing intelligibility. In order to answer this critical question, the author argues that we need to reconsider the predominant understanding of the concept of coherence in film studies. Virvidaki identifies how a general function of coherence is manifested through the aesthetic of transparency and unobtrusiveness of classical Hollywood film. The author then proceeds to a close analysis of stylistically perplexing narrative films, in order to demonstrate how we can broaden, expand and readjust the classical criteria of coherence. Testing Coherence in Narrative Film will appeal to film and philosophy scholars interested in aesthetics and narrative form.
Katerina Virvidaki teaches Philosophical Aesthetics at The National Technical University of Athens, Greece. She also works as a curriculum developer for art and philosophy courses at the American College of Greece, Pierce College.
1. Introduction: Is 'Coherence' Just a Style?.- 2. PART I - Chapter 2: Interrogating Problems of Coherence in Narrative Film.- 3. The Elusive: Max Ophuls' Madame De....- 4. PART II - Chapter 4: The Unbelievable: Carl-Theodor Dreyer's Ordet.- 5. The Fragmented: Jean-Luc Godard's Passion.- 6. The Digressive: Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.- 7. The Inexpressible: Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line.- 8. Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.11.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television |
| Zusatzinfo | IX, 218 p. 12 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 409 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| Schlagworte | Aesthetics • Classical Hollywood • Close reading • dramatic • Film history, theory & criticism • Film history, theory & criticism • Films, cinema • Film: styles & genres • Film: styles & genres • Film theory • Genre • G. Wilson • Intelligibility • Literature, Cultural and Media Studies • Meaning in film • society & culture: general • Society & culture: general • Style in film • UNITY • V.F. Perkins |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-62195-5 / 3319621955 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-62195-1 / 9783319621951 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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