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Book Title
Masters of the Grotesque
Title
Masters of the Grotesque
Subtitle
The Cinema of Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and Da
ISBN-10
0786471867
EAN
9780786471867
ISBN
9780786471867
Genre
Films & TV
Release Date
10/26/2012
Release Year
2012
Country/Region of Manufacture
US

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
0786471867
ISBN-13
9780786471867
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143696613

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
219 Pages
Publication Name
Masters of the Grotesque : The Cinema of Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and David Lynch
Language
English
Subject
Civilization, Film / General, Popular Culture, General
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Social Science, History
Author
Schuy R. Weishaar
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2012-036435
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"I must begin by confessing that Masters of the Grotesque is a book I wish I had written. It is, however, a better book than I ever could have done...more theoretically sophisticated, more incisive, more far-reaching. Weishaar is a gifted writer, able to wrestle big ideas down to earth, drag them out of that very-20th-century Plato's cave we know as a movie theatre and into the light, putting them to critical use and then plunging back into the cave once again, more than ready to persuade the still-imprisoned of his new understanding."-David Lavery, Middle Tennessee State University., "I must begin by confessing that Masters of the Grotesque is a book I wish I had written. It is, however, a better book than I ever could have done...more theoretically sophisticated, more incisive, more far-reaching. Weishaar is a gifted writer, able to wrestle big ideas down to earth, drag them out of that very-20th-century Plato's cave we know as a movie theatre and into the light, putting them to critical use and then plunging back into the cave once again, more than ready to persuade the still-imprisoned of his new understanding."--David Lavery, Middle Tennessee State University., I must begin by confessing that Masters of the Grotesque is a book I wish had written. Masters of the Grotesque is, however, a better book than I ever could have done--more theoretically sophisticated, more incisive, more far-reaching. Weishaar is a gifted writer, able to wrestle big ideas down to earth, drag them out of that very-20th-century Plato's cave we know as a movie theatre and into the light, putting them to critical use and then plunging back into the cave once again, more than ready to persuade the still-imprisoned of his new understanding.--more theoretically sophisticated, more incisive, more far-reaching. Weishaar is a gifted writer, able to wrestle big ideas down to earth, drag them out of that very-20th-century Plato's cave we know as a movie theatre and into the light, putting them to critical use and then plunging back into the cave once again, more than ready to persuade the still-imprisoned of his new understanding.""--David Lavery, Middle Tennessee State University.
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791.4301
Table Of Content
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part 1. The Philosophy of the Grotesque I. Art, Being and Contrast II. Metaphysics, Myth and Purgatory Part 2. Interpolarity: Binaries of the Grotesque III. Tim Burton's Two Worlds IV. Terry Gilliam's Mythic Madness Part 3. Menacing Invasions: The Hazards of Time and Subjectivity V. The Mundane and the Catastrophic in the Films of Joel and Ethan Coen VI. Obliterating the Subject in the Cinematic World of David Lynch Part 4. Into the World and Back Again: From Politics to Paradox VII. Politics, Culture and the Grotesque Family in Hippie-Slasher-Horror VIII. Grim Reveries, or the Ambiguities Chapter Notes Works Cited Index
Synopsis
The concepts and theories surrounding the aesthetic category of the grotesque are explored in this book by pursuing their employment in the films of American auteurs Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and David Lynch. The author argues that interpreting these directors' films through the lens of the grotesque allows us1to situate both the auteurs and the films within a long history of the grotesque in art and aesthetics. This cultural tradition effectively subsumes the contribution of any artist or1genre that intersects it but also affords the artist or genre--the auteur and the genre filmmaker--a pantheon and an abundance of images, themes, and motifs through which he1or she can subversively represent the world and our place in it., The concepts and theories surrounding the aesthetic category of the grotesque are explored in this book by pursuing their deployment in the films of American auteurs Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers, and David Lynch., The concepts and theories surrounding the aesthetic category of the grotesque are explored in this book by pursuing their deployment in the films of American auteurs Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and David Lynch. The author argues that interpreting these directors' films through the lens of the grotesque allows us to situate both the auteurs and the films within a long history of the grotesque in art and aesthetics.
LC Classification Number
PN1995.W384 2012

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