1st Edition
Cinema as Weather Stylistic Screens and Atmospheric Change
By Kristi McKim
Copyright 2013
234 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
234 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
234 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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How do cinematic portrayals of the weather reflect and affect our experience of the world? While weatherly predictability and surprise can impact our daily experience, the history of cinema attests to the stylistic and narrative significance of snow, rain, wind, sunshine, clouds, and skies. Through analysis of films ranging from The Wizard of Oz to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg , from Citizen... Read more
Introduction 1. Revealing Skies and Screens: The Confluence of Weather and Cinema 2. The Cinematic History of Weather, and the History of Cinematic Weather 3. Interiority and Exteriority: Cinematic Weather as Plot and Effect 4. Cinematic Rain 5. Cinematic Snow 6. Cinematic Sunlight and Seasons 7. Conclusion
Biography
Kristi McKim is Associate Professor of English and Chair of the Film Studies Program at Hendrix College, US.
‘Kristi McKim’s Cinema as Weather is an insightful and original contribution to the growing field of environmental film studies. McKim takes up the notion that insofar as the production and screening of cinematic weather mimics actual weatherly phenomena, cinema is weather. McKim’s bold assertions about the nature of cinema are wonderfully nuanced by her critical perspectives on film theory and actual atmospheric conditions.’ – Stephen Rust, University of Oregon, USA
