Death in Classic and Contemporary Film
Fade to Black
D Sullivan editor J Greenberg editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:3rd Oct '13
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Mortality is a recurrent theme in films across genres, periods, nations, and directors. This book brings together an accomplished set of authors with backgrounds in film analysis, psychology, and philosophy to examine how the knowledge of death, the fear of our mortality, and the ways people cope with mortality are represented in cinema.Mortality is a recurrent theme in films across genres, periods, nations, and directors. This book brings together an accomplished set of authors with backgrounds in film analysis, psychology, and philosophy to examine how the knowledge of death, the fear of our mortality, and the ways people cope with mortality are represented in cinema.
“Daniel Sullivan and Jeff Greenberg, professors of psychology at the University of Arizona, have compiled a fantastic selection of essays from several authors presenting various approaches to death in the cinema. This collection explores the issue of human mortality as portrayed in film, analyzing our fear of death and our desire to overcome it. … The book, overall, is gripping and a must-read … .” (Afra Siddiqui, Film Matters, Vol. 6 (3), 2015)
ISBN: 9781349446865
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 3503g
263 pages
1st ed. 2013