"'Subjective realist cinema' looks at the fragmented narratives and multiple realities of a wide range of films that depict subjective experience and employ 'subjective realist' narration, including recent examples such as 'Mulholland Drive', 'Memento', and 'Eternal sunshine of …
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"Drawing on the critical theories of Jean Baudrillard, Cinema of Simulation performs close readings of key films to examine cinematic visions of mutational reality"--
"Magic Realist Cinema in East Central Europe explores the interlocking complexities of two liminal concepts: magic realism and East Central Europe. Each is a fascinating hybrid that resonates with dominant currents in contemporary thought on transnationalism, globalisation and r…
Drawing on foundational realist theories and recent takes on the body and the senses, this title examines the fascinating work of Carlos Reygadas, Tsai Ming-liang and Gus Van Sant.
This is an attempt, through essays and interviews, to chronicle what happened to neorealism after the disappearance of the forces that produced it - World War II, the resistance, and liberation, followed by the postwar reconstruction of a morally, politically, and economically d…
"In this new study, Torunn Haaland argues that neorealism was a cultural moment based on individual optiques. She accounts for the tradition's coherence in terms of its moral commitment to creating critical viewing experiences around underrepresented realities and marginalised p…
Realism as Protest draws on the "realistic method" developed by Alexander Kluge to counter the limited image of reality generated by the mainstream media. Focusing on innovative productions produced by Kluge, Schlingensief and Haneke, this groundbreaking study explores how the e…
