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Alternative Realities (Hardcover)
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Alternative Realities (Hardcover)
Series: Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture
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Total price: R1,711
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From their very inception, movies have served two seemingly
contradictory purposes. On one hand, they transport us to
fantastical worlds and display mind-boggling special effects. On
the other, they can document actual events and immerse us in
scenarios that feel so realistic, we might forget we are watching a
work of fiction. Alternative Realities explores how these
distinctions between cinematic fantasy and filmic realism are more
porous than we might think. Through a close analysis of CGI-heavy
blockbusters like Wonder Woman and Guardians of the Galaxy, it
considers how even popular fantasies are grounded in emotional and
social realities. Conversely, it examines how mockumentaries like
This is Spinal Tap satirically call attention to the highly
stylized techniques documentarians use to depict reality.
Alternative Realities takes us on a journey through many different
genres of film, from the dream-like and subjective realities
depicted in movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and
Memento, to the astonishing twists of movies like Shutter Island
and The Matrix, which leave viewers in a state of epistemic
uncertainty. Ultimately, it shows us how the power of cinema comes
from the unique way it fuses together the objective and the
subjective, the fantastical and the everyday.
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