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The Cinema of the Swimming Pool
Contributor(s): Everett, Wendy (Editor), Goodbody, Axel (Editor), Brown, Christopher

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 ISBN: 3034317832     ISBN-13: 9783034317832
Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
OUR PRICE: $95.03  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | Business Aspects
- Performing Arts | Film - General
- Performing Arts | Theater - Playwriting
Dewey: 791.436
LCCN: 2014008009
Series: New Studies in European Cinema
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" L (0.85 lbs) 254 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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The swimming pool frequently appears in film not merely as a setting but as a dynamic site where social, political, cultural and aesthetic forces converge. What is it about this space that has so fascinated filmmakers and what kinds of cinematic investigations does it encourage? This collection features essays by an eclectic, international range of film researchers. Amongst the works analysed are classics such as The Cameraman (1928), The Philadelphia Story (1940) and La Piscine (1969); cult hits such as The Swimmer (1968) and Deep End (1970); and more recent representations of the pool in Water Lilies (2007), Sea Point Days (2009) and Ausente (2011). The pool is considered as a realm where artifice meets nature, where public meets private, where sexualities morph and blend; and as a space that reconfigures the relationship between architecture and narrative, in which themes of pollution, spectacle and reflexivity find unique expression. Approaching the swimming pool from a wide range of methodological perspectives, the essays in this collection stake a claim for the enduring significance of this exciting cinematic space.
 
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