Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: A Manipulation of Metacinema

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: A Manipulation of Metacinema

by Robert von Dassanowsky (Editor)
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: A Manipulation of Metacinema

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: A Manipulation of Metacinema

by Robert von Dassanowsky (Editor)

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Overview

A wide-ranging study of Tarantino's controversial 2009 film, written by a luminous line-up of international scholars.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441138217
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 06/28/2012
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Robert von Dassanowsky is Professor of German and Film, and Carnegie/CASE Professor of the Year (Colorado) at U Colorado, Colorado Springs. Publications include Austrian Cinema: A History; Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (ed); New Austrian Film (ed. w/ Oliver Speck) and Hofmannsthal's "Der Schwierige" (ed. w/Martin Liebscher). He is also an independent film producer.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Locating Mr. Tarantino or, Who's Afraid of Metacinema? Robert von Dassanowsky
1) The Grand IllousionSrikanth Srinivasan
2) Exploding Cinema, Exploding Hollywood: Inglourious Basterds and the Problems of Cinematic ConventionImke Meyer
3) A Slight Duplication of Efforts: Redundancy and the Excessive Camera in Inglourious BasterdsChris Fujiwara
4) Inglourious Music: Revenge, Reflexivity and Morricone as Muse in Ingloruious Basterds Lisa Coulthard
5) Lulu's Menorah: Seeing and Nazi-ingJustin Vicari
6) Vengeful Violence: Inglourious Basterds, Allohistory, and the Inversion of Victims and PerpetratorsMichael D. Richardson
7) Inglourious Basterds and the Gender of RevengeHeidi Schlipphacke
8) Reels of Justice: Inglourious Basterds, The Sorrow and the Pity and Jewish Revenge Fantasies Eric Kligerman
9) ‘Fire!' in a Crowded Theater: Liquidating History in Inglourious BasterdsSharon Willis
10) Is Tarantino serious? The Twofold Image of the Auteur and the State of Exception Oliver C. Speck
11) Disruptive Violence as Means to Create a Space for Reflection: Thoughts on Tarantino's Attempts at Audience Irritation Alexander D. Ornella
12) Counterfactuals, Quantum Physics and Cruel Monsters in Tarantino's Inglourious BasterdsWilliam Brown
13) "What shall the history books read?" The Debate over Inglourious Basterds and the Limits of Representation Todd Herzog
Notes on Contributors
Index

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