The fright of real tears : Krzysztof Kieślowski between theory and post-theory

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The fright of real tears : Krzysztof Kieślowski between theory and post-theory

Slavoj Žižek

British Film Institute, 2001

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  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-206) and index

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780851707549

Description

In this study the author challenges both cognitivist-historicist accounts of cinema and conventional film-theory, arguing that the reading of Lacan operative in the 1970s and 1980s was particularly reductive. This work is the elaborated version of a series of lectures Zizek gave to the BFI in 1998.
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780851707556

Description

In this study the author challenges both cognitivist-historicist accounts of cinema and conventional film-theory. Arguing that the reading of Lacan operative in the 1970s and 1980s was particularly reductive, he asserts that there is "another Lacan" in reference to whom film theory, cultural studies and critical thought as such can be transformed and revitalized. He supports this argument with readings of Tarkovsky ("Stalker", "Nostalghia"), Kieslowski (the "Three Colours Trilogy") and Lynch ("Lost Highways"), demonstrating how their work can be saved from obscurantist analysis by Lacanian interpretation.

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  • NCID
    BA54981124
  • ISBN
    • 0851707548
    • 0851707556
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 213 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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