The Sense of Place in Contemporary Cinema

by Corinne Maury

What purpose does place serve in films? When it is not just a background to actions, or indistinguishable from the landscape, or a simple space to walk through, a kind of neutral territory? Such filmmakers as Chantal Akerman, Lisandro Alonso, Pedro Costa, Bruno Dumont, B la Tarr, Avi Mograbi, Tariq Teguia, Philippe Grandrieux, Dani le Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub and Sharunas Bartas, chose not to focus solely the cinematic narration on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399501402
• ISBN13: 9781399501408
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"