Zoological Surrealism : The Nonhuman Cinema of Jean Painlevé /

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"This critical history examines the work of zoological and science film pioneers Jean Painleve and Genevieve Hamon from 1924-1949, illuminating the significant contributions that their wildlife cinema made to philosophical and political thought"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cahill, James Leo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Painleve, Jean.
Painleve, Jean > Criticism and interpretation.
Science films.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Films scientifiques > Histoire et critique.
Science films > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: cinema's Copernican vocation
  • Neozoological dramas: comparative anatomy by other means
  • Metamorphoses: crustaceans, the coming of sound, and plasmatic anthropomorphism
  • Amour flou: the seahorse and the blur of sex
  • Substitutes, vectors, and the circulatory systems of modernity: Dr. Normet's serum: experimental treatment of a hemorrhage in a dog and the vampire
  • Carnivorous cinema: freshwater assassins and the blood of the beasts
  • Conclusion: unfinished revolutions, untimely nature.

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