Cinema and Its Discontents

The Dialectical Nature of Character (livre en anglais)

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de Zachariah Rush

Type

Etudes

Sujet

Sociologie

Mots Clés

personnages, psychologie

Année d'édition

2016

Editeur

McFarland & Co

Langue

anglais

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Format

Broché • 212 pages
15 x 23 cm

ISBN

978-0-7864-7538-4

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Description de l'ouvrage :
The ultimate aim of drama is to expose the soul of Character. Dramatists achieve this objective by employing a specific type of conflict known as dialectic, a concept woven throughout Western thinking and—from Homer to 21st century cinema—the basis of all dramatic characters. This study details the history of dialectical thought from Plato to Jung before turning its focus to the development of character in a century of filmmaking. From Chaplin’s Tramp to Taxi Driver’s Travis Bickle, it examines more than two dozen cinematic characters governed by dialectic—torn between life and death, opposing desires, moralities and wills, their sense of self threatened by others.

À propos de l'auteur :
Zachariah Rush is a screenwriter, film critic and regular contributor to Film International magazine. He has written essays for eight volumes of the Directory of World Cinema, and has contributed scenic analyses to five volumes of World Film Locations. He lives in Manchester, England.

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