Breaking the Fourth Wall: Direct Address in the Cinema
What happens when fictional characters acknowledge our 'presence' as film spectators? By virtue of its eccentricity and surprising frequency as a filmic device, direct address enables us to ask some fundamental questions of film theory, history and criticism and tackle, head-on, assumptions about the cinema as a medium. Brown provides a broad understanding of the role of direct address within fiction cinema, with focused analysis of its role in certain strands of avant-garde or experimental cinema, on the one hand, and popular genre traditions (musicals and comedies) on the other.A series of meetings culminates in the paira#39;s engagement, the sale of her house and her departure for a new life with him. ... home has been constructed as highly artificial (his mirrored wardrobes play music as they le notti di cabiria (1957) 87.
| Title | : | Breaking the Fourth Wall: Direct Address in the Cinema |
| Author | : | Tom Brown |
| Publisher | : | Edinburgh University Press - 2012-05-21 |
You must register with us as either a Registered User before you can Download this Book. You'll be greeted by a simple sign-up page.
Once you have finished the sign-up process, you will be redirected to your download Book page.
How it works:- 1. Register a free 1 month Trial Account.
- 2. Download as many books as you like (Personal use)
- 3. Cancel the membership at any time if not satisfied.
