Post-Classical Cinema : An International Poetics of Film Narration

by Thanouli, Eleftheria

• ISBN13: 9781906660109
• ISBN10: 1906660107
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

Does the term 'post-classical' have any relevance in current debates oncontemporary cinema? This book offers a positive answer with the help of historicalpoetics and a number of contemporary popular films from across the globe.Chungking Express (1994), Trainspotting(1996), Run Lola Run (1998), Fight Club(1999), Magnolia (1999), Requiem for aDream (2000), Amelie (2001), MoulinRouge (2001), City of God (2002), andOldboy (2003) are some of the examples analysed here in depthin order to map the formal principles of post-classical cinema. With a strongfoothold in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America the post-classicalmode of narration offers contemporary filmmakers a fresh set of creative options forstaging, framing and editing their stories. With meticulous emphasis on formaldistinctions this volume differentiates the post-classical paradigm from thepowerful classical Hollywood tradition and opens up the territory for new formalframeworks and concepts.

Author Biography

Eleftheria Thanouli is Assistant Professor in Film Theory at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Story Causality and Narrative Motivations	p. 30
Post-Classical Space: The Cinematic Space and Its Different Articulations	p. 70
Post-Classical Time: The Temporal Qualities of the Cinematic Image	p. 113
Post-Classical Narration: Self-Consciousness, Knowledgeability and Communicativeness	p. 137
Conclusion: The Post-Classical Paradigm: An Overview	p. 173
Notes	p. 206
Filmography	p. 216
Bibliography	p. 218
Index	p. 231
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