Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973) has been called "a ghost story
for adults." Certainly, in contrast to the more explicitly violent
and bloodthirsty horror films of the 1970s, Don't Look Now seems of
an entirely different order. Yet this supernaturally inflected tale
of a child's accidental drowning, and her parents' desperate
simultaneous recoil from her death and pursuit of her ghost, Don't
Look Now is horrific at every turn. This book argues for it as a
particular kind of horror film, one which depends utterly on the
narrative of trauma-on the horror of unknowing, of seeing too late,
and of the failures of paternal authority and responsibility. This
study works to position Don't Look Now within a discourse of
midcentury anxiety narratives primarily existing in literary texts.
In this context, it represents a cross over or a hinge between
literature and film of the 1970s, and the ways in which the women's
ghost story or uncanny story turns the horror film into a cultural
commentary on the failures of the modern family.
General
| Imprint: |
Auteur Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Devil's Advocates |
| Release date: |
September 2017 |
| Authors: |
Jessica Gildersleeve
|
| Dimensions: |
190 x 139 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
100 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-911325-48-2 |
| Subtitles: |
English
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-911325-48-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781911325482 |
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