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Real Objects in Unreal Situations

Modern Art in Fiction Films

Susan Felleman author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Intellect

Published:31st Jul '14

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Real Objects in Unreal Situations is a lucid account of a much-neglected subject in art and cinema studies: the material significance of the art object incorporated into the fiction film. By examining the historical, political and personal realities that situate the artworks, Susan Felleman offers an incisive account of how they operate not as mere objects but as powerful players within the films, thereby exceeding the narrative function of props, copies, pastiches or reproductions. The book consists of a series of interconnected case studies of movies, including The Trouble with Harry, An Unmarried Woman, The Player and Pride & Prejudice, among others, ultimately showing that when real art works enter into fiction films, they often embody themes and discourses in ways that other objects cannot.

' Felleman (Univ. of South Carolina) adroitly examines how sculptures and paintings hold up in the film medium as much more than props and reproductions. An important contribution to film studies. ' 

-- J. Simon, University of Geo

ISBN: 9781783202508

Dimensions: 229mm x 178mm x 13mm

Weight: 390g

216 pages