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

ISBN-13: 9789463726245 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021

DR. ENG Laleen Jayamanne

Opis

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, expressed in several of their key films. 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.

Spis treści

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