Guillermo del Toro

Film as Alchemic Art

AvKeith McDonald,Roger Clark

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Engelska, 2014

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A critical exploration of one of the most exciting, original and influential figures to emerge in contemporary film, Guillermo del Toro: Film as Alchemic Art is a major contribution to the analysis of Guillermo del Toro's cinematic output. It offers an in-depth discussion of del Toro's oeuvre and investigates key ideas, recurrent motifs and subtle links between his movies. The book explores the sources that del Toro draws upon and transforms in the creation of his rich and complex body of work. These include the literary, artistic and cinematic influences on films such as Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Cronos and Mimic, and the director's engagement with comic book culture in his two Hellboy films, Blade II and Pacific Rim. As well as offering extensive close textual analysis, the authors also consider del Toro's considerable impact on wider popular culture, including a discussion of his role as producer, ambassador for 'geek' culture and figurehead in new international cinema.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-02-27
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781623560133
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Digital)

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Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Keith McDonald holds a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, and is the Head of Programme for Media, Film Studies and Mass Communications at York St John University, UK. His research interests include popular culture, cult cinema and digital media.Roger Clark taught literature and film in UK Universities for over thirty years and has published on contemporary fiction and film. He was Senior Lecturer in Literature Studies at York St John University, UK, where he is currently Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts.

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As a scholar of del Toro myself, [after reading Film as Alchemic Art] I found my understanding of this filmmaker enriched by readings of his works that I had never considered and furthermore, my comprehension of contemporary auterism expanded. [...] McDonald and Clark's book lays a solid foundation for whatever work may follow in this impressive and comprehensive reading of del Toro's cinema.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1Chapter 1. Influences and Intertexts Chapter 2. Accented Fantasy and the Gothic Perverse Chapter 3. Fan as Filmmaker Part 2Chapter 4. Twisted Genres: Cronos and Mimic Chapter 5. Trauma – Childhood –History: The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth Chapter 6. Gothic Superheroes: Blade II, Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army Chapter 7. From Development Hell to the Pacific Depths: The Strain and Pacific Rim Bibliography Filmography and Comicography Index