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OverviewIn Celluloid Saviours, the author analyses a corpus of US films dating from the silent era that she calls film blanc. In these fantasy films a guardian spirit with extraordinary powers suspends the ordinary, known laws of time and space, and a main character reforms himself or herself in life-changing ways.The author argues that the historical pattern of film blanc relates to the rise and fall of liberal and reform thought in US politics, specifically to conceptions of human nature as a tabula rasa. This conception is evident both in the early feature films featuring angels such as Chaplin's The Kid and much later examples such as the 1980s box office hit, Trading Places.She argues that this narrative tradition runs from Hollywood's beginnings to the present day and is foreshadowed in the English ghost stories of Charles Dickens. The classic era of film blanc is epitomised in the enduringly popular film, It's a Wonderful Life. More recent examples of narrative form analysed by Caston include The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emily CastonPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Edition: Unabridged edition Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.20cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9781443822695ISBN 10: 1443822698 Pages: 220 Publication Date: 26 August 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationDr Emily Caston is Course Director of Film and Television at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, and a Governor of Film London. For 12 years until 2003, she produced music videos and TV commercials for Ridley Scott Associates and other production companies in New York, Los Angeles and London. Her videos for artists such as Madonna, U2, and Portishead, have won numerous prestigious industry awards and critical acclaim. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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