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Ghost Images
- Cinema of the Afterlife
Engelsk Paperback
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- Cinema of the Afterlife
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The possibility of life after death is a significant theme in cinema, in which ghosts return to the world of the living to wrap up unfinished business, console their survivors, visit lovers or just enjoy a well-wreaked scaring. This work focuses on film depictions of survival after death, from meetings with the ghost of Elvis to AIDS-related ghosts: apparitions, hauntings, mediumship, representations of heaven, angels, near-death experiences, possession, poltergeists and all the other ways in which the living interact with the dead on screen.

The work opens with a historical perspective, which outlines the development of pre-cinematic technology for "projecting" phantoms, and discusses the use of these skills in early ghost cinema. English-language sound films are then examined thematically with topics ranging from the expiation of sins to "hungry" ghosts. Six of the most significant films, Dead of Night, A Matter of Life and Death, The Innocents, The Haunting, The Shining, and Jacob''s Ladder, are given a detailed analysis. A conclusion, filmography, and bibliography follow.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
279
ISBN-13:
9780786420056
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
0786420057
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Udg. Dato:
17 okt 2004
Længde:
14mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
17 okt 2004
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