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4058383Surrealism, Cinema, and the Search for a New Mythhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/surrealism-cinema-and-the-search-for-a-new-myth-9783319555010/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2986972/823264f7-e85a-47f7-b973-8c59cf6435f5.jpg?v=63838472529537000017561951MXNSpringer International PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<p>This book examines post-war surrealist cinema in relation to surrealisms change in direction towards myth and magic following World War II. Intermedial and interdisciplinary, the book unites cinema studies with art history and the study of Western esotericism, closely engaging with a wide range of primary sources, including surrealist journals, art, exhibitions, and writings. Kristoffer Noheden looks to the Danish surrealist artist Wilhelm Freddies forays into the experimental short film, the French poet Benjamin Pérets contribution to the documentary film <em>LInvention du monde</em>, the Argentinean-born filmmaker Nelly Kaplans feature films, and the Czech animator Jan Svankmajers work in short and feature films. The book traces a continuous engagement with myth and magic throughout these films, uncovering a previously unknown strain of occult imagery in surrealist cinema. It broadens the scope of the study of not only surrealist cinema, but of surrealism across the art forms.<em>Surrealism, Cinema, and the Search for a New Myth</em> will appeal to film scholars, art historians, and those interested in the impact of occultism on modern culture, film, and the arts.</p>...3994266Surrealism, Cinema, and the Search for a New Myth17561951https://www.gandhi.com.mx/surrealism-cinema-and-the-search-for-a-new-myth-9783319555010/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2986972/823264f7-e85a-47f7-b973-8c59cf6435f5.jpg?v=638384725295370000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20179783319555010_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_<p>This book examines post-war surrealist cinema in relation to surrealism’s change in direction towards myth and magic following World War II. Intermedial and interdisciplinary, the book unites cinema studies with art history and the study of Western esotericism, closely engaging with a wide range of primary sources, including surrealist journals, art, exhibitions, and writings. Kristoffer Noheden looks to the Danish surrealist artist Wilhelm Freddie’s forays into the experimental short film, the French poet Benjamin Péret’s contribution to the documentary film <em>L’Invention du monde</em>, the Argentinean-born filmmaker Nelly Kaplan’s feature films, and the Czech animator Jan Svankmajer’s work in short and feature films. The book traces a continuous engagement with myth and magic throughout these films, uncovering a previously unknown strain of occult imagery in surrealist cinema. It broadens the scope of the study of not only surrealist cinema, but of surrealism across the art forms. <em>Surrealism, Cinema, and the Search for a New Myth</em> will appeal to film scholars, art historians, and those interested in the impact of occultism on modern culture, film, and the arts.</p>(*_*)9783319555010_<p>This book examines post-war surrealist cinema in relation to surrealisms change in direction towards myth and magic following World War II. Intermedial and interdisciplinary, the book unites cinema studies with art history and the study of Western esotericism, closely engaging with a wide range of primary sources, including surrealist journals, art, exhibitions, and writings. Kristoffer Noheden looks to the Danish surrealist artist Wilhelm Freddies forays into the experimental short film, the French poet Benjamin Pérets contribution to the documentary film <em>LInvention du monde</em>, the Argentinean-born filmmaker Nelly Kaplans feature films, and the Czech animator Jan Svankmajers work in short and feature films. The book traces a continuous engagement with myth and magic throughout these films, uncovering a previously unknown strain of occult imagery in surrealist cinema. It broadens the scope of the study of not only surrealist cinema, but of surrealism across the art forms.<em>Surrealism, Cinema, and the Search for a New Myth</em> will appeal to film scholars, art historians, and those interested in the impact of occultism on modern culture, film, and the arts.</p>...9783319555010_Springer International Publishinglibro_electonico_16ef9a53-32ec-3745-ad25-5bae90760976_9783319555010;9783319555010_9783319555010Kristoffer NohedenInglésMéxico2017-06-28T00:00:00+00:00Springer International Publishing