Fate in Film : : A Deterministic Approach to Cinema / / Thomas M. Puhr.
The course of events is predetermined and cannot be changed. Forces beyond our control—or even our comprehension—shape our fates. Such is the deterministic worldview embedded in a wide swath of contemporary cinema, from arthouse experiments to popular genre films, through both thematic concerns and...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Short Cuts
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 25 film stills |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION “You’ve Always Been the Caretaker”
- PART I MYSTERIOUS APPEARANCES The Illusion of Agency in Identity Formation
- 1 JONATHAN GLAZER’S IDENTITY TRILOGY
- 2 THE GREEK INFLUENCE
- PART II FAMILY SWALLOWS EVERYTHING You Are What Preceded You
- 3 ON DISPLAY
- 4 A NEW FAMILY EMERGES
- PART III FALSE FREEDOM IN SOCIETY Breaking the Cycle Only Reinforces It
- 5 FATE REMADE
- 6 GOODBYE TO SYMBOLS
- CONCLUSION Beyond the Screen
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- SHORT CUTS