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The University of Alabama Press
- Arthouse: A Novel
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
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An audacious transformation in prose of fourteen Modernist films
From film to film, Jeffrey DeShell follows a forty-something failed film studies academic—The Professor. While The Professor is reinvented with each new chapter (or film), what remains is DeShell’s inventive deconstruction and representation of modern cinema. At times borrowing imagery, plot, or character elements, and at times rendering lighting, rhythm, costuming, or shot sequences into fictional language, The Professor’s journey sends him from the Southwestern town of Pueblo, Colorado, into the role of rescuer as he aids an attempted-rape victim, and finally to Italy. Ultimately though, The Professor is left alone, struggling to reconcile the real world with his life in cinema.
From film to film, Jeffrey DeShell follows a forty-something failed film studies academic—The Professor. While The Professor is reinvented with each new chapter (or film), what remains is DeShell’s inventive deconstruction and representation of modern cinema. At times borrowing imagery, plot, or character elements, and at times rendering lighting, rhythm, costuming, or shot sequences into fictional language, The Professor’s journey sends him from the Southwestern town of Pueblo, Colorado, into the role of rescuer as he aids an attempted-rape victim, and finally to Italy. Ultimately though, The Professor is left alone, struggling to reconcile the real world with his life in cinema.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-9
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- pp. 1-10
- Sátántangó
- pp. 11-34
- Thunder Road
- pp. 35-52
- Branded to Kill
- pp. 53-72
- Grand Illusion
- pp. 73-90
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- pp. 91-112
- Tokyo Story
- pp. 133-144
- Fellini Satyricon
- pp. 163-192
- A Man and a Woman
- pp. 193-212
- The Conformist
- pp. 213-238
- Berlin Alexanderplatz
- pp. 257-273
Additional Information
ISBN
9781573668255
Related ISBN(s)
9781573661614
MARC Record
OCLC
772845445
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2011