| Description |
218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Explores our ways of watching film in light of socially organised forms of pleasure that date back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Wedding the notion of pleasure in film viewing to the history of pleasure in the West, he considers pleasure gardens and promenading; the history of oil painting and its display; the passion for travel and exposure to the exotic and strange; and forms of musical repetition and restatement. With in-depth studies of films like 'Vertigo,' 'The passenger,' 'A matter of life and death,' 'Clouds of Sils Maria,' 'Personal shopper,' 'Call me by your name' and 'Blow-up,' this ground-breaking book draws readers into the past and the present at once, joining an understanding of personal and visual delight to their cultural and historical roots"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Contents |
Introductory -- Beyond the sea -- A barbaric rose -- Walk on the wild side -- Intermezzo : Show me again -- A million things -- Rhapsody in green. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures and history.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
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Pleasure -- Social aspects -- History.
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Motion pictures and history. (OCoLC)fst01027408
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01027384
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Pleasure -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01067086
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781474428682 (hbk.) |
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1474428681 (hbk.) |
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9781474428705 (webready PDF) |
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9781474428712 (epub) |
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