Vertigo

Katalin Makkai

ISBN 10: 0415494478 / ISBN 13: 9780415494472

Verlag: Routledge, 2012

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Released in 1958, Vertigo is widely regarded as Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time. This is the first book devoted to exploring the philosophical aspects of Vertigo. Following an introduction by the editor that places the film in context, each chapter reflects upon Hitchcock's film from a philosophical perspective. Topics discussed include:memory, loss, memorialisation, and creativitymimetic or representational art and art as magicthe nature of romantic lovegender, sexual objectification, and identitylooking, 'the gaze', and voyeurismfilm and psychoanalysisfantasy, illusion, and realitythe phenomenology of colour.Including annotated further reading at the end of each chapter, this collection is essential reading for anyone interested in Vertigo, and an ideal resource for students of film and philosophy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780415494472

Inhaltsangabe:

Released in 1958, Vertigo is widely regarded as Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time. This is the first book devoted to exploring the philosophical aspects of Vertigo. Following an introduction by the editor that places the film in context, each chapter reflects upon Hitchcock’s film from a philosophical perspective. Topics discussed include:

• memory, loss, memorialisation, and creativity
• mimetic or representational art and art as magic
• the nature of romantic love
• gender, sexual objectification, and identity
• looking, "the gaze", and voyeurism
• film and psychoanalysis
• fantasy, illusion, and reality
• the phenomenology of colour.

Including annotated further reading at the end of each chapter, this collection is essential reading for anyone interested in Vertigo, and an ideal resource for students of film and philosophy.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Katalin Makkai is Junior Professor of Philosophy at ECLA of Bard, Berlin (Germany). She is the author of "Kant on Recognizing Beauty," which appeared in European Journal of Philosophy.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Vertigo
Verlag: Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu