American Independent Cinema: Rites of Passage and the Crisis Image

ISBN-13: 9780748693603 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 184 str.

Rogers Anna Backman; Anna Backman Rogers

Opis

Examining films by Gus Van Sant, Jim Jarmusch and Sofia Coppola to highlight their use of cinematic time as a mode of philosophical thought, this book brings new and exciting perspectives to American independent cinema.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Adolescence: Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Virgin Suicides’ (1999); Adolescence: Gus Van Sant’s ‘Elephant’ (2003); Chapter Two: Death: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Dead Man’ (1994); Death: Gus Van Sant’s ‘Last Days’ (2004); Chapter Three: Life-Crisis: Sofia Coppola’s ‘Somewhere’ (2011); Broken Flowers (2005); Conclusion: The Crisis-Image –Mumblecore and Beyond; Bibliography; Filmography; Index