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In Movies with Stanley Cavell in Mind, some of the scholars who
have become essential for our understanding of Stanley Cavell's
writing on film gather to use his landmark contributions to help us
read new films-from Hollywood and elsewhere-that exist beyond his
immediate reach and reading. In extending the scope of Cavell's
film philosophy, we naturally find ourselves contending with it and
amending it, as the case may be. Through a series of interpretive
vignettes, the group effort situates, for the expert and novitiate
alike, how Cavell's writing on film can profitably enrich one's
experience of cinema generally and also inform how we might
continue the practice of serious philosophical criticism of
specific films mindful of his sensibility. The resulting
conversations between texts, traditions, disciplines, genres, and
generations creates propitious conditions for discovering what it
means to watch and listen to movies with Stanley Cavell in mind.
Tarot cards have been around since the Renaissance and have become
increasingly popular in recent years, often due to their prevalence
in popular culture. While Tarot means many different things to many
different people, the cards somehow strike universal chords that
can resonate through popular culture in the contexts of art,
television, movies, even comic books. The symbolism within the
cards, and the cards as symbols themselves, make Tarot an excellent
device for the media of popular culture in numerous ways. They make
horror movies scarier. They make paintings more provocative. They
provide illustrative structure to comics and can establish the
traits of television characters. The Cards: The Evolution and Power
of Tarot begins with an extensive review of the history of Tarot
from its roots as a game to its supposed connection to ancient
Egyptian magic, through its place in secret societies, and to its
current use in meditation and psychology. This section ends with an
examination of the people who make up today's tarot community.
Then, specific areas of popular culture-art, television, movies,
and comics-are each given a chapter in which to survey the use of
Tarot. In this section, author Patrick Maille analyzes such works
as Deadpool, Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman, Disney's Haunted
Mansion, Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, The Andy Griffith Show,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and King of the Hill. The cards are
evocative images in their own right, but the mystical fascination
they inspire makes them a fantastic tool to be used in our favorite
shows and stories.
Ingmar Bergman's rich legacy as film director and writer of
classics such as The Seventh Seal, Scenes From a Marriage, and
Fanny and Alexander has attracted scholars not only in film studies
but also of literature, theater, gender, philosophy, religion,
sociology, musicology, and more. Less known, however, is Bergman
from the perspective of production studies, including all the
choices, practices, and routines involved in what goes on behind
the scenes. For instance, what about Bergman's collaborations and
conflicts with film producers? What about his work with musicians
at the opera, technicians in the television studio, and actors on
the film set. What about Bergman and MeToo? In order to throw light
on these issues, art practitioners such as film directors Ang Lee
and Margarethe von Trotta, film and opera director Atom Egoyan, and
film producer and screenwriter James Schamus are brought together
with academics such as philosopher and film scholar Paisley
Livingston, musicologist Alexis Luko, and playwright and
performance studies scholar Allan Havis to discuss Bergman's work
from their unique perspectives. In addition, Ingmar Bergman at the
Crossroads provides, for the first time, in-depth interviews with
Bergman's longtime collaborators Katinka Farago and Mans
Reutersward, who both have first-hand experience of working
intimately as producers in film and television with Bergman,
covering more than 5 decades. In an open exchange between
individual and institutional perspectives, this book bridges the
often-rigid boundaries between theoreticians and practitioners, in
turn pointing Bergman studies in new directions.
In Black to Nature: Pastoral Return and African American Culture,
author Stefanie K. Dunning considers both popular and literary
texts that range from Beyonce's Lemonade to Jesmyn Ward's Salvage
the Bones. These key works restage Black women in relation to
nature. Dunning argues that depictions of protagonists who return
to pastoral settings contest the violent and racist history that
incentivized Black disavowal of the natural world. Dunning offers
an original theoretical paradigm for thinking through race and
nature by showing that diverse constructions of nature in these
texts are deployed as a means of rescrambling the teleology of the
Western progress narrative. In a series of fascinating close
readings of contemporary Black texts, she reveals how a range of
artists evoke nature to suggest that interbeing with nature signals
a call for what Jared Sexton calls ""the dream of Black
Studies""-abolition. Black to Nature thus offers nuanced readings
that advance an emerging body of critical and creative work at the
nexus of Blackness, gender, and nature. Written in a clear,
approachable, and multilayered style that aims to be as poignant as
nature itself, the volume offers a unique combination of
theoretical breadth, narrative beauty, and broader perspective that
suggests it will be a foundational text in a new critical turn
towards framing nature within a cultural studies context.
Go under the hood of Batman's iconic vehicle in this user's manual
for the Batmobile. Ever since its first appearance in the pages of
Detective Comics back in 1939, the Batmobile has captured the
imaginations of fans around the world, becoming an essential
component of the Dark Knight's crime-fighting arsenal. This user's
manual reveals the secrets behind the most iconic versions of the
Batmobile across decades of comics and films, giving readers a
never-before-seen look at the most beloved vehicle in pop culture.
Featuring detailed cutaways, schematics, blueprints, and more, this
book is full of original art, giving fans the most detailed
exploration of the Batmobile to date. A definitive volume,
Batmobile Owner's Manual examines the vehicle's many iterations
throughout Batman's history, from films such as Batman (1989), The
Dark Knight Trilogy, and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, to
graphic novels including The Dark Knight Returns and the most
current run of Batman comics. An immersive, must-have collectible,
Batmobile Owner's Manual will reveal the technological wonders
behind the most awe-inspiring, powerful, and feared vehicle in
Gotham City.
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