Screen LibrarySurrealism, Cinema, and the Search for a New Myth /
This book examines post-war surrealist cinema in relation to surrealism s change in direction towards myth and magic following World War II. Intermedial and interdisciplinary, the book unites cinema studies with art history and the study of Western esotericism, closely engaging with a wide range of...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55501-0 |
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This book examines post-war surrealist cinema in relation to surrealism s change in direction towards myth and magic following World War II. Intermedial and interdisciplinary, the book unites cinema studies with art history and the study of Western esotericism, closely engaging with a wide range of primary sources, including surrealist journals, art, exhibitions, and writings. Kristoffer Noheden looks to the Danish surrealist artist Wilhelm Freddie s forays into the experimental short film, the French poet Benjamin P ret s contribution to the documentary film L Invention du monde, the Argent |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(VII,215pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783319555010 |
| Index Number: | PN1993 |
| CLC: | J905.5 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. The Artist-Magician as Filmmaker: Wilhelm Freddie s Films and the New Myth -- 3. Initiation into the New Myth: Primitivism and Poetics in the Surrealist Documentary Film -- 4. Surrealism Is What Will Be: Nelly Kaplan s Myths of Revenge -- 5. Magic Art and Minor Myths: Jan vankmajer s Transmutation of Material Reality -- Concluding Remarks. |