Politics as form in Lars von Trier : a post-Brechtian reading /: a post-Brechtian reading. (2013 copyright 2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Angelos Koutsourakis.
• Authors: Koutsourakis, Angelos
• Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements Notes to the Text Foreword: Looking Back 1. From Brechtian to Post-Brechtian Cinema. Lars von Trier and the Post-Brechtian Brecht on the Film Medium Brecht's Critique of the Institution of Cinema What is Post-Brechtian Cinema? Locating von Trier in the post-Brechtian Challenging the Cinematic Institution Artaudian Cruelty as Verfremdungseffekt 2. Historical Fragments in the Europa Trilogy Europe is Painful Beyond the Fabel Audiovisual Plenitude: the Individual in Crisis Dialectical Images Literalization of the Medium: the Essay as Form History as Transition On Film Voyeurism 3. The Primacy of the Apparatus Back to the 1970s? Dogme 95 Realism and Anti-Illusionism Technology and Productivity The Idiots : Performant Function and Performative Camera Interrupting the Narrative Performance as Form Characters as Bodily Effects Performing out of Character Reflections on the Primacy of the Apparatus: Post-Dogme Developments, Rules and Automavision 4. Dogville and Manderlay : Experimentation and Dialectical Negations Representation as an Experiment Experimentation as Pedagogy Theatricality: Attitudes in Space Performative Contradictions Narrative Openness as Negative Dialectics Epilogue: Dialogue with the 'Dissensual' Past Appendix: Interview with Lars von Trier Interview with Jørgen Leth Manifestos Filmography and Bibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Subjects: 791.430233092; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Individual film directors, film-makers; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criticism and interpretation; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781623561338; 1623561337
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