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Breaking the fourth wall : direct address in the cinema /

What happens when fictional characters acknowledge our 'presence' as film spectators? By virtue of its eccentricity and surprising frequency as a filmic device, direct address enables us to ask some fundamental questions of film theory, history and criticism and tackle, head-on, assumption...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Tom, 1978-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Counter-looks: direct address and counter-cinema
  • Looks of invitation: comedic and musical direct address
  • La notti di Cabiria (1957)
  • High fidelity (2000)
  • La ronde (1950).