Realist Cinema as World Cinema: Non-cinema, Intermedial Passages, Total Cinema

Lúcia Nagib

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2020

Realist Cinema as World Cinema

Non-cinema, Intermedial Passages, Total Cinema

Lúcia Nagib

In the series Film Culture in Transition

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048539215

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About this book

"Lúcia Nagib redefines realism not as a mere question of rhetoric or style, or a product of a certain age and place, but as a deep and steadfast commitment of filmmakers to an "ethics of the real" based on various forms of engagement with physical reality, which may include "passages" provided by the other arts. Her incisive theoretical arguments and finely nuanced close readings will change forever how we think of the unity of art and reality, or the role of intermediality in cinema".
- Agnes Petho, Professor of Film Studies, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

"With a rare combination of depth and range, Lúcia Nagib reframes the debate about realism in cinema by connecting it with a world cinema framework and looking at the work of directors as diverse as Abderrahmane Sissako, Edgar Reitz, Wim Wenders, Mizoguchi Kenji and Lucchino Visconti through the lens of the concept of intermediality. In this lucid and beautifully written tour de force of a book, Nagib offers fascinating new readings of classical works of cinema and extends an exciting invitation to film scholars and the broader public to think differently about possible new pathways to and through the history of film as an art form".
- Vinzenz Hediger, Professor of Cinema Studies, Goethe Universität Frankfurt

Author information

NagibLúcia:

Lúcia Nagib is Professor of Film at the University of Reading. Her many books include World Cinema and the Ethics of Realism and Brazil on Screen: Cinema Novo, New Cinema, Utopia. She is the co-director of the feature-length documentary film Passages (2019).

Reviews

"Lúcia Nagib redefines realism not as a mere question of rhetoric or style, or a product of a certain age and place, but as a deep and steadfast commitment of filmmakers to an "ethics of the real" based on various forms of engagement with physical reality, which may include "passages" provided by the other arts. Her incisive theoretical arguments and finely nuanced close readings will change forever how we think of the unity of art and reality, or the role of intermediality in cinema."
- Agnes Petho, Professor of Film Studies, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

"With a rare combination of depth and range, Lúcia Nagib reframes the debate about realism in cinema by connecting it with a world cinema framework and looking at the work of directors as diverse as Abderrahmane Sissako, Edgar Reitz, Wim Wenders, Mizoguchi Kenji and Lucchino Visconti through the lens of the concept of intermediality. In this lucid and beautifully written tour de force of a book, Nagib offers fascinating new readings of classical works of cinema and extends an exciting invitation to film scholars and the broader public to think differently about possible new pathways to and through the history of film as an art form."
- Vinzenz Hediger, Professor of Cinema Studies, Goethe Universität Frankfurt

Topics

Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
List of Illustrations Open Access Download PDF	7
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	11
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	15
Part I. Non-cinema
1. The Death of (a) Cinema Open Access Download PDF	41
2. Jafar Panahi’s Forbidden Tetralogy Open Access Download PDF	63
3. Film as Death Open Access Download PDF	87
4. The Blind Spot of History Open Access Download PDF	107
Part II. Intermedial Passages
5. The Geidōmono Genre and Intermedial Acting in Ozu and Mizoguchi Open Access Download PDF	127
6. Intermedial History-Telling Open Access Download PDF	153
7. Passages to Reality Open Access Download PDF	173
Part III. Towards Total Cinema
8. The Reality of Art Open Access Download PDF	201
9. Historicising the Story through Film and Music Open Access Download PDF	225
10. Total Cinema as Mode of Production Open Access Download PDF	249
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	275
Index Open Access Download PDF	289

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 302
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 54
Keywords: Cinematic Realism; World Cinema; Intermediality; National Cinemas; Cinematic Authorship

eBook

Published: October 8, 2020
ISBN: 9789048539215