Reframing Reality: The Aesthetics of the Surrealist Object in French and Czech Cinema

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Alison Frank

Reframing Reality

The Aesthetics of the Surrealist Object in French and Czech Cinema

Alison Frank

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English

Intellect Books
15 February 2014

Art & design styles: Surrealism & Dada; Film theory & criticism

The surrealist object is an everyday item that takes on multiple associations by provoking the viewer’s imagination. It also poses a specific challenge for some filmmakers who seek to apply surrealist ideas and approaches when making feature-length narrative films. In Reframing Reality, Alison Frank looks specifically at French and Czech films, including works by Luis Buñuel, Jan Švankmajer, as well as the contemporary hit Amélie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, in order to offer a new take on surrealist film.

By: Alison Frank
Imprint: Intellect Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 358g
ISBN: 9781841507125
ISBN 10: 1841507121
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 15 February 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Surrealist Objects and Cinema The notion of the surrealist object The hybrid object versus the surrealist object; cinema versus surrealism Objects in surrealist cinema: Un Chien andalou Chapter 2: Style and the Hybrid Object in Á Nous la liberté Style in Á Nous la liberté Object analysis Chapter 3: The Everyday and the Hybrid Object in the Czech New Wave and Jan Švankmajer The context of a cultural renewal Czech surrealism from its beginnings to the 1960s Common concerns of Czech surrealism and Czech New Wave Hybrid objects and the Czech New Wave Hybrid Objects and Jan Švankmajer’s short films of the 1960s Chapter 4: Genre and the Hybrid Object in Late Bunuel Generic hybridity and subjectivity in the 1930s and 60s Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie Belle de Jour Cet obscure objet du désir Chapter 5: Media Objects in Le Fabuluex destin d’Amélie Poulain Jean-Pierre Jeunet and René Clair Cinéma du look Postmodernism Media of expression and communication as objects Conclusion Bibliography Index

Alison Frank earned a PhD in medieval and modern languages at the University of Oxford. She is associate editor of the journal Wide Screen.