Point of view in the cinema : a theory of narration and subjectivity in classical film

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Point of view in the cinema : a theory of narration and subjectivity in classical film

Edward Branigan ; foreword by David Bordwell

(Approaches to semiotics, 66)

Mouton, c1984

  • : Netherland

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Includes bibliographies and index

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Branigan effectively criticizes the communication model of narration, a task long overdue in Anglo-American circles. The book brings out the extent to which mainstream mimetic theories have relied upon the elastic notion of an invisible, idealized observer, a convenient spook whom critics can summon up whenever they desire to "naturalize" style. The book also makes distinctions among types of subjectivity; after this, we will have much more precise ways of tracing the fluctuations among a character's vision, dreams, wishes, and so forth. Branigan also explains the necessity of distinguishing levels of narration.

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