Anna Backman Rogers (University of Senior Lecturer in Film Studies

American Independent Cinema

Rites of Passage and the Crisis Image

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining films by Gus Van Sant, Jim Jarmusch and Sofia Coppola to highlight their use of cinematic time as a mode of philosophical thought, this book brings new and exciting perspectives to American independent cinema.

Produktdetails

• Edinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 158mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780748693603
• ISBN-10: 0748693602
• Artikelnr.: 42772088

Autorenporträt

Anna Backman Rogers is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Gothenberg, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Adolescence: Sofia Coppola's 'The Virgin Suicides' (1999)
Adolescence: Gus Van Sant's 'Elephant' (2003)
Chapter Two: Death: Jim Jarmusch's 'Dead Man' (1994)
Death: Gus Van Sant's 'Last Days' (2004)
Chapter Three: Life-Crisis: Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' (2011)
Broken Flowers (2005)
Conclusion: The Crisis-Image -Mumblecore and Beyond
Bibliography
Filmography
Index