Puhr Fate in Film

A Deterministic Approach to Cinema
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-55527-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

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Thomas M. Puhr identifies and analyzes the ways that cinema has dealt with the tension between fate and free will. He examines films that express deterministic ideas, including circular narratives of stasis or confinement and fatalistic portraits of external forces dictating characters’ lives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Puhr, Thomas M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: “You’ve Always Been the Caretaker”
Part I. Mysterious Appearances: The Illusion of Agency in Identity Formation
1. Jonathan Glazer’s Identity Trilogy
2. The Greek Influence
Part II. Family Swallows Everything: You Are What Preceded You
3. On Display
4. A New Family Emerges
Part III. False Freedom in Society: Breaking the Cycle Only Reinforces It
5. Fate Remade
6. Goodbye to Symbols
Conclusion: Beyond the Screen
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas M. Puhr is an instructor at Dominican University in Illinois and an editor of the film magazine The Big Picture.