| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 200 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Cambridge film classics |
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Cambridge film classics.
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| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages 175-191. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to the revised edition: The prisoner of aura : the lost world of Woody Allen -- Reconstruction and revision in Woody Allen's films -- Desire and narrativity in Annie Hall -- Love in Manhattan -- Zelig and The Purple Rose of Cairo : Allen and poststructural anxiety -- Happy ending : Hannah and Her Sisters -- Eyes of God : seeking justice in Crimes and Misdemeanors -- Allen's fall : mind, morals, and meaning in Deconstructing Harry. |
| Summary |
"The Films of Woody Allen is the first full-length work to examine the director as a serious filmmaker and artist. Sam Girgus argues that Allen has consistently been on the cutting edge of contemporary critical and cultural consciousness, challenging our notions of authorship, narrative, perspective, character, theme, ideology, gender, and sexuality. This revised and updated edition includes two new chapters that examine Allen's work since 1992. Girgus argues that the scandal surrounding Allen's personal life in the early 1990s has altered his image in ways that reposition moral consciousness in his work. The union between Allen's public and private selves that created a special aura about him remains intact despite the director's concerted effort to separate his private life from his screen image. Allen now assumes a postmodern moral relativism and sensual realism that differ profoundly from the moral sensibility of his earlier work."--Jacket. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Allen, Woody, 1935- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Allen, Woody, 1935- (OCoLC)fst01897483
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Allen, Woody.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Film.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Girgus, Sam B., 1941- Films of Woody Allen. 2nd ed. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521810914 (DLC) 2002025617 (OCoLC)49403653 |
| ISBN |
0511064330 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511064333 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511615252 (electronic bk.) |
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0511615256 (electronic bk.) |
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