Theatre Through the Camera Eye

The Poetics of an Intermedial Encounter

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by Laura Sava

Type

Studies

Subject

General

Keywords

theater, intermedia

Publishing date

2019

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Collection

Edinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 256 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7486-9747-2

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Book Presentation:
Closely examines instances of theatre-in-film, in dialogue with the theory of intermediality

How do we experience theatre through film? Laura Sava critically engages with the filmic representation of theatre, focusing on a selection of art house and independent films which provide a sophisticated commentary on the interaction between the two media.

Through an in-depth analysis of films such as Jacques Rivette’s L’Amour fou, Pedro Almodóvar’s All About My Mother and Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York, this book analyses the embedment of theatre in film and the notion of spectatorial address. Using textual analysis in conjunction with concepts derived from narratology, performance philosophy, and film and theatre phenomenology, it explores the mechanisms of representation involved in the intermedial diegetisation of theatre in film.
Key features
• Provides a detailed study of the ways in which film can accommodate theatre
• Integrates the close reading of films with the theory of intermediality, with insights from both film and theatre theory
• Includes case studies of works by major directors, such as Pedro Almodóvar, John Cassavetes, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer, Manoel de Oliveira, Theo Angelopoulos and Takeshi KitanoCase studies include:
• The Double Life of Véronique (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1991)
• Dolls (Takeshi Kitano, 2002)
• The Jester (José Álvaro Morais, 1987)
• All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999)
• L’Amour fou (Jacques Rivette, 1969)
• Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
• Opening Night (John Cassavetes, 1977)
• A Tale of Winter (Eric Rohmer, 1992)
• I’m Going Home (Manoel de Oliveira, 2001)
• The Travelling Players (Theo Angelopoulos, 1975)
• My Dinner with André (Louis Malle, 1981)
• Swimming to Cambodia (Jonathan Demme, 1987)
• Monster in a Box (Nick Broomfield, 1992)
• The Arbor (Clio Barnard, 2010)

About the Author:
Laura Sava is a Lecturer in Film Studies in the School of Film and Television Arts at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China with a research focus on European cinema. She has published on the topic of film-theatre intermediality in the journals 'Screening the Past' and 'Excursions' and she is the author of several book chapters on related topics.

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