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OverviewThe Films of Lenny Abrahamson: A Filmmaking of Philosophys of provides a comprehensive study of the films of contemporary, highly critically-appraised Irish director Lenny Abrahamson. As well as considering the aesthetics, cultural reflections and philosophical concerns in the better known work of this dynamic and profoundly original Irish filmmaker, it also looks at his short film – 3 Joes – and his little-seen student film Mendel. As the first sustained study of Abrahamson’s engaging and cinematically rich work, Barry Monahan’s book sheds light on the aesthetic wealth of the artist and connects his stylistic innovations to the context of his projects’ socio-cultural background, to his own influences in modern cinema – going beyond Irish film, to reflect upon the works of auteurs such as Bergman, Tarkovsky, Kubrick, and Kaurismäki among others – and to a broader reflection on what his canon has to contribute to the philosophy of cinema, art, and questions about human existence in the 21st century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Barry Monahan (University College Cork, Ireland)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781501362231ISBN 10: 1501362232 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 20 February 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Five Contextual Categories: Classifying Cinema in Ireland Four Cinematic Categories: The National and Beyond Chapter 1: 3 Joes – The Young Filmmaker and the First Short: Mendel Chapter 2: Adam and Paul – Celtic Tiger Cinema: From Short Films to Features Chapter 3: Garage – A Second Collaboration with Mark O’Halloran Chapter 4: What Richard Did – Characters in Context Chapter 5: Frank – Inside the Head of the Character in Early Cinema Chapter 6: Room – Contexts for the Novel and its Adaptation Chapter 7: Interview with Lenny Abrahamson (Dublin, 1 June 2014) Bibliography Filmography IndexReviewsBarry Monahan's book is an insightful treatment of Lenny Abrahamson's cinematic oeuvre, a thorough analysis of Abrahamson's seven films that moves beyond the filmmaker's national context to explore the films' transnational and intertextual inspiration and philosophical concerns. I strongly recommend this perceptive study to anyone interested in the work of this exciting Irish director. * Raita Merivirta, Researcher, University of Turku, Finland * Barry Monahan shows us why Lenny Abrahamson is one of Ireland's most important filmmakers. In shrewd, engaging readings of Abrahamson's oeuvre, Monahan explores the power of cinema to lay bare what it means to be human. An ambitious study that does not disappoint. * Kathleen Vejvoda, Professor of English, Bridgewater State University, USA * Barry Monahan’s book is an insightful treatment of Lenny Abrahamson’s cinematic oeuvre, a thorough analysis of Abrahamson’s seven films that moves beyond the filmmaker’s national context to explore the films’ transnational and intertextual inspiration and philosophical concerns. I strongly recommend this perceptive study to anyone interested in the work of this exciting Irish director. * Raita Merivirta, Researcher, University of Turku, Finland * Barry Monahan shows us why Lenny Abrahamson is one of Ireland’s most important filmmakers. In shrewd, engaging readings of Abrahamson’s oeuvre, Monahan explores the power of cinema to lay bare what it means to be human. An ambitious study that does not disappoint. * Kathleen Vejvoda, Professor of English, Bridgewater State University, USA * Author InformationBarry Monahan is lecturer in Film Studies at the University College Cork, Ireland. He has published Ireland’s Theatre on Film: Style, Stories and the National Stage on Screen (2009), and also written on Irish cinema from different theoretical and aesthetic perspectives in various collections of essays, including Screening Irish America (2009), Genre and Cinema: Ireland and Transnationalism (2007), and Viewpoints: Theoretical Perspectives on Irish Visual Texts (2013). He contributes regularly to Estudios Irlandeses, the Spanish Journal of Irish Studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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