The phantom of the cinema : character in modern film / Lloyd Michaels.

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Michaels, Lloyd

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TextSeries: SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/videoPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 191 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0585074992
9780585074993

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Phantom of the cinema.DDC classification:

791.43/6 21

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PN1995.9.C36 M53 1998eb

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Contents:

The phantom of cinema: representation of character in the modern film -- Reflexivity and character in Persona -- Incarnations of the confidence man -- Reviving the undead: Herzog's remake of Nosferatu -- The spy and the cipher -- Documenting character in The thin blue line -- Avatars of memory: entropy and nostalgia in the representation of character -- Conclusion: the mystery and melancholy of a self.

Summary: Films discussed include Jules and Jim, Escape from Alcatraz, The day of the jackal, Reservoir dogs, Persona, The magician, House of games, Nosferatu: a symphony of horror, Nosferatu: the vampyre, Reilly: ace of spies, The mystery of Kaspar Hauser, The thin blue line, Lacombe, Lucien, Daddy Nostalgia, Mephisto, Badlands, Days of Heaven, Five Easy Pieces, and The lacemaker.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index.

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Films discussed include Jules and Jim, Escape from Alcatraz, The day of the jackal, Reservoir dogs, Persona, The magician, House of games, Nosferatu: a symphony of horror, Nosferatu: the vampyre, Reilly: ace of spies, The mystery of Kaspar Hauser, The thin blue line, Lacombe, Lucien, Daddy Nostalgia, Mephisto, Badlands, Days of Heaven, Five Easy Pieces, and The lacemaker.

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