1st Edition
Poetic Cinema and the Spirit of the Gift in the Films of Pabst, Parajanov, Kubrick and Ruiz
By Laleen Jayamanne
Copyright 2021
178 Pages
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Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
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Poetic Cinema and the Spirit of the Gift in the Films of Pabst, Parajanov, Kubrick and Ruiz explores the poetic thinking of these master filmmakers. It examines theoretical ideas, including Maori anthropology of the gift and Sufi philosophy of the image, to conceive film as abundant gift. Elaborating on how this gift may be received, this book imagines film as our indispensable mentor - a wild... Read more
Foreword: In Memory of Thomas Elsaesser, Introduction: Spirit of the Gift-Cinematic Reciprocity, Ch 1. A Gift Economy: GW Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929), Ch 2. Fabric of Thought: Sergei Parajanov's The Colour of Pomegrantes (1968), Ashik Kerib (1988), Ch 3. Nicole Kidman in Blue Light: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Ch 4. Ornamentation and Pathology: Raul Ruiz' Klimt (2006), Afterword: Poetics of Film Pedagogy, Bibliography, Filmography, Index
Biography
Laleen Jayamanne taught Cinema Studies in the Department of Art History and Film at the University of Sydney. She is the author of The Epic Cinema of Kumar Shahani (IUP 2015).
