| The Real Gaze: Film Theory After Lacan Contributor(s): McGowan, Todd (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791470407 ISBN-13: 9780791470404 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: Examines the gaze in Lacanian film theory |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| Series: SUNY Series in Psychoanalysis and Culture (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.96" W x 9" (0.82 lbs) 266 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Real Gaze develops a new theory of the cinema by rethinking the concept of the gaze, which has long been central in film theory. Historically film scholars have located the gaze on the side of the spectator; however, Todd McGowan positions it within the filmic image, where it has the radical potential to disrupt the spectator's sense of identity and challenge the foundations of ideology. This book demonstrates several distinct cinematic forms that vary in terms of how the gaze functions within the films. Through a detailed investigation of directors such as Orson Welles, Claire Denis, Stanley Kubrick, Spike Lee, Federico Fellini, Ron Howard, Steven Spielberg, Andrei Tarkovsky, Wim Wenders, and David Lynch, McGowan explores the political, cultural, and existential ramifications of these differing roles of the gaze. |