Cinema of Obsession: Erotic Fixation and Love Gone Wrong in the Movies
(Limelight). Cinema of Obsession traces the history of obsessive love and erotic fixation. Seminal works of obsession, The Blue Angel , Peter Ibbetson , and Phantom of the Opera are seen as setting the groundwork for films that follow. The book defines and surveys examples of the explosive nature of amour fou , issues of male control (no matter how tenuous), and the fugitive couple love on the run in such films as Romeo and Juliet , Last Tango in Paris , Vertigo , Basic Instinct , and Wild at Heart . Male masochism is explored through film noirs, including Criss Cross , The Killers , Gilda , and The Postman Always Rings Twice . The book shifts gears in its finale and concentrates on the female gaze, films of female obsession: Jane Eyre , The Piano , The Lover , Fatal Attraction , and Vanilla Sky .
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Cinema of Obsession: Erotic Fixation and Love Gone Wrong in the Movies
(Limelight). Cinema of Obsession traces the history of obsessive love and erotic fixation. Seminal works of obsession, The Blue Angel , Peter Ibbetson , and Phantom of the Opera are seen as setting the groundwork for films that follow. The book defines and surveys examples of the explosive nature of amour fou , issues of male control (no matter how tenuous), and the fugitive couple love on the run in such films as Romeo and Juliet , Last Tango in Paris , Vertigo , Basic Instinct , and Wild at Heart . Male masochism is explored through film noirs, including Criss Cross , The Killers , Gilda , and The Postman Always Rings Twice . The book shifts gears in its finale and concentrates on the female gaze, films of female obsession: Jane Eyre , The Piano , The Lover , Fatal Attraction , and Vanilla Sky .
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ISBN-13: | 9780879103477 |
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Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
Publication date: | 10/01/2007 |
Series: | Limelight |
Pages: | 410 |
Product dimensions: | 7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.93(d) |
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