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Narration in Light: Studies in Cinematic Point of View

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Availability:In StockContributor:George M. WilsonPublish date:1988-08-01Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801837500ISBN-10:801837502UPC:9780801837500Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Film, TheaterBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:9.02 x 6.14 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCEQ3R2JRA

A full understanding and appreciation of narrative film, George Wilson argues, requires a concept of point of view necessarily distinct from, yet comparable to, contemporary theories of point of view in prose fiction. Now available in paperback, Narration in Light lays the foundations for a new account of cinematic point of view.

Focusing on the special ways in which a film controls the access of its viewers to the events that constitute its narrative, Wilson offers close viewings of five classic Hollywood movies: You Only Live Once, North by Northwest, Letter from an Unknown Woman, The Devil Is a Woman, and Rebel without a Cause. His enlightening and entertaining interpretations reveal surprising power and complexity in popular, major-studio films. Their point-of-view strategies allow them to present both obvious and oblique perspectives on their subjects, providing subtle critiques of ideology within conventional drama and narrative.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801837500ISBN-10:801837502UPC:9780801837500Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Film, TheaterBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:9.02 x 6.14 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCEQ3R2JRA

George M. Wilson is professor of philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University and the author of The Intentionalisty of Human Action.


Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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