Alternative realities
Realism and the imagination -- Fantasy and reality -- Subjective realities -- Ruptured realities -- Documentary: art of the real?
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| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
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New Brunswick, Camden, Newark, New Jersey, London
Rutgers University Press
2021
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| Schriftenreihe: | Quick takes: movies and popular culture
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Realism and the imagination -- Fantasy and reality -- Subjective realities -- Ruptured realities -- Documentary: art of the real? "Movies are uniquely capable of creating and displaying fantastical worlds. With the rise of CGI came the ascendance of animated fantasy, superhero, and science fiction films. The movies are also capable of representing unique subjective experiences; a movie can be an "experience recorder." Somewhat paradoxically, however, movies are thought to have a strong connection to everyday reality and to have roots in realism. Alternative Realities explores the complex intersection between movies, reality, and fantasy; between subjective and objective representation. It shows that even the most surreal fantasies ground their images, sounds, and narratives in quotidian reality. On the other hand, even the most realistic documentaries and realist dramas rely on creative structures that are products of the human imagination. This combination of realism and imagination, of the objective and the subjective, is the key to the power of movies"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 158 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780813599816 978-0-8135-9981-6 9780813599823 978-0-8135-9982-3 9780813599830 9780813599847 9780813599854 |