Russians: Volume 1-5

By Judith Pella and Michael R. Phillips

The contemporary study of film is dominated by narrative theory yet films include scenes and images which do not perform a narrative task but nevertheless provoke an emotional response. Stella Hockenhull looks at the painterly dimensions inherent in the medium of film, arguing that an aesthetic analysis enables a fuller appreciation of the visual 'spectacle' of cinema. In a reading of the formal aspects in film imagery in contemporary British films spanning social realist, melodrama and horror genres, Hockenhull demonstrates how the spiritual aspects of landscape and nature mobilize a Neo-Romantic effect. She traces the influence of Romanticism and notions of the Sublime in key British films including 'Sweet Sixteen' , 'The Queen' , 'Ratcatcher' , 'Eden Lake' , '28 Days Later' , 'My Summer of Love' and 'The Last Great Wilderness' . Operating at the intersection between film theory, art theory and aesthetics, this is a vital contribution which enables a fuller, multidimensional understanding of cinematic experience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155661795X
• ISBN13: 9781556617959
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.7" x 5.6" x 8.8"