Surrealism in Film: Beyond the Realist Sensibility by William Earle (English) Pa

Description: Surrealism in Film by William Earle The arts were created from an appeal to freedom FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The arts were created from an appeal to freedom. There can be no general aesthetic that defines how that freedom must express itself. Movies offer a seductive example. Of all the major arts, cinema is the only one that was invented during the lifetime of some who are now living. From this perspective, Earle argues that filmmakers were far more inventive in their early days than now, when commercial film has settled into a realist routine with occasional and timid forays into the personal and imaginative.Earle suggests that unsympathetic readers should look again at the possible sources of film poetry, sources that have almost dried up in the flood of boredom experienced nightly in theaters throughout the world. Surrealism in Film is largely a manifesto against realism; it ends in a clash of sensibilities. The book encourages new exploration of absolute poetry.The intention of these essays is to destroy the absolute authority of the realist sensibility. Within that sensibility is everything thought necessary to "sense": narrative plot, recognizable and nameable passions, continuity and integration within the film, a gist or moral for the whole affair, social commentary, and psychoanalytic depth-meanings. Earle argues for a self-critique that should be performed if movies are not to remain encapsulated within its own delusions. Author Biography William Earle (1916-1988) was professor emeritus of philosophy at Northwestern University. In addition to making over twenty surrealist films, he is the author of numerous works, including Mystical Reason, Public Sorrows and Private Pleasures, and The Autobiographical Consciousness. Table of Contents Introduction; I: In General. . .; II: No More Realism; III: Phenomenology and the Surrealism of Movies; IV: Variations on the Real World; V: Ontology of Movies, or the Movie Itself; VI: What Makes a Movie Move?; VII: Meaning and the Meaningless; VIII: Beyond Good and Evil Details ISBN1412814804 Author William Earle Short Title SURREALISM IN FILM Language English ISBN-10 1412814804 ISBN-13 9781412814805 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2010 Publication Date 2010-11-15 Subtitle Beyond the Realist Sensibility Birth 1919 Death 1988 Pages 184 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2010-11-15 NZ Release Date 2010-11-15 US Release Date 2010-11-15 UK Release Date 2010-11-15 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc Alternative 9781138533714 DEWEY 791.4361163 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Imprint Routledge Place of Publication New York We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139921347;

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