Signs of Life

Cinema and Medicine

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Edited by Graeme Harper and Andrew Moor

Type: Studies
Subject: Sociology
Keywords: medecine
Publishing date: 2005
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Language: English

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Hardcover • 224 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15.5 x 24 cm)

ISBN-10 ISBN-13

1-904764-17-7
978-1-904764-17-5

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Book Presentation:
"Signs of Life" explores the representation of doctors, nurses, patients, diseases and disabilities and their political implications. By considering how formal qualities of cinema - empirical observation, mise-en-scA]ne, propaganda and education, melodrama, documentary, narrative construction - impact our understanding of medical procedures and the public image of medicine. Films discussed include "Apocalypse Now, M.A.S.H., Schindler's List, The Fly, Philadelphia, Face/Off, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Thelma and Louise" and "The Tin Drum,

About the authors:
Graeme Harper is co-editor of Unruly Pleasures: The Cult Film and its Critics. Andrew Moor is lecturer in film studies at Bangor University and the author of Magic Spaces: The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger.

Press Reviews:
Signs of Life is a useful introduction to the study of medical cinema...The politics of public health, genetic engineering and the medical profession come in for close attention in almost every essay here, and that is surely the highlight of an engaging volume. Parmod K. Nayar, Scope

A welcome addition to the growing body of literature in this intriguing field. Michael Richardson, Cineaste

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