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Masters of the Grotesque
The Cinema of Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and David Lynch
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Artikel-Nr:
9780786471867
Veröffentl:
2012
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
12.10.2012
Seiten:
220
Autor:
Schuy R. Weishaar
Gewicht:
365 g
Format:
229x152x13 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Schuy R. Weishaar teaches English and philosophy at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois; he also teaches writing and literature at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee. He lives in Illinois.
The concepts and theories surrounding the aesthetic category of the grotesque are explored in this book by pursuing their employment in the films of American auteurs Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and David Lynch. The author argues that interpreting these directors' films through the lens of the grotesque allows us1to situate both the auteurs and the films within a long history of the grotesque in art and aesthetics. This cultural tradition effectively subsumes the contribution of any artist or1genre that intersects it but also affords the artist or genre--the auteur and the genre filmmaker--a pantheon and an abundance of images, themes, and motifs through which he1or she can subversively represent the world and our place in it.