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The Prison of Time

By Elisa Pezzotta

The Prison of Time

By Elisa Pezzotta

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We are imprisoned in circadian rhythms, as well as in our life reviews that follow chronological and causal links. For the majority of us our lives are vectors directed toward aims that we strive to reach and delimited by our birth and death. Nevertheless, we can still experience fleeting moments during which we forget the past and the future, as well as the very flow of time. During these intense emotions, we burst out laughing or crying, or we scream with pleasure, or we are mesmerized by a work of art or just by eyes staring at us.
Similarly, when we watch a film, the screening time has a well defined beginning and end, and screening and diegetic time and their relations, together with narrative and stylistic techniques, determine a time within the time of our life with its own rules and exceptions. Through the close analysis of Stanley Kubrick's, Adrian Lyne's, Michael Bay's and Quentin Tarantino's oeuvres, this book discusses the overall 'dominating' time of their films and the moments during which this 'ruling' time is disrupted and we momentarily forget the run toward the diegetic future - suspense - or the past - curiosity and surprise. It is in these very moments, as well as in our own lives, that the prison of time, through which the film is constructed and that is constructed by the film itself, crumbles displaying our role as spectators, our deepest relations with the film.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
270
Release Date:
2024-03-21
Publication Date:
2024-03-21
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1501380575
ISBN13:
9781501380570
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
396 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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