Environmental themes are present in cinema more than ever before.
But the relationship between film and the natural world is a long
and complex one, not reducible to issues such as climate change and
pollution. This volume demonstrates how an awareness of natural
features and dynamics can enhance our understanding of three key
film-studies topics - narrative, genre, and national cinema. It
does so by drawing on examples from a broad historical and
geographical spectrum, including Sunrise, A River Called Titas, and
Profound Desires of the Gods. The first introductory text on a
topic which has long been overlooked in the discipline, Film and
the Natural Environment argues that the nonhuman world can be
understood not just as a theme but as a creative resource available
to all filmmakers. It invites readers to consider some of the
particular strengths and weaknesses of cinema as communicator of
environmental phenomena, and collates ideas and passages from a
range of critics and theorists who have contributed to our
understanding of moving images and the natural world.
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