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3 The Politics of Cinematic Fantasy
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction: From the Imaginary Look to the Real Gaze 1
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The Cinema of Fantasy
- Fantasy and Showing Too Much 23
- Theoretical Fantasizing 31
- The Politics of Cinematic Fantasy 35
- Early Explorations of Fantasy 39
- The Coldness of Kubrick 43
- Spike Lee’s Fantasmatic Explosions 49
- Michael Mann and the Ethics of Excess 57
- The Bankruptcy of Fantasy in Fellini 63
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The Cinema of Desire
- Desire and Not Showing Enough 69
- Theoretical Desiring 75
- The Politics of Cinematic Desire 79
- The Impossible Object of the Nouvelle Vague 83
- The Banality of Orson Welles 91
- Claire Denis and the Other’s Failure to Enjoy 99
- Political Desire in Italian Neorealism 107
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The Cinema of Integration
- Political Desire in Italian Neorealism 115
- The Theoretical Opposition 123
- The Politics of the Cinema of Integration 127
- The Ordinary Cinema of Ron Howard 131
- Steven Spielberg’s Search for the Father 137
- D. W. Griffith’s Suspense 147
- Films That Separate 155
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The Cinema of Intersection
- The Separation of Desire and Fantasy 163
- Theorizing the Real 171
- The Politics of the Cinema of Intersection 175
- The Overlapping Worlds of Andrei Tarkovsky 179
- Alain Resnais between the Present and the Past 185
- Wim Wenders and the Ethics of Fantasizing 195
- The Sexual Relationship with David Lynch 203
- Notes 211
- Index 247
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction: From the Imaginary Look to the Real Gaze 1
-
The Cinema of Fantasy
- Fantasy and Showing Too Much 23
- Theoretical Fantasizing 31
- The Politics of Cinematic Fantasy 35
- Early Explorations of Fantasy 39
- The Coldness of Kubrick 43
- Spike Lee’s Fantasmatic Explosions 49
- Michael Mann and the Ethics of Excess 57
- The Bankruptcy of Fantasy in Fellini 63
-
The Cinema of Desire
- Desire and Not Showing Enough 69
- Theoretical Desiring 75
- The Politics of Cinematic Desire 79
- The Impossible Object of the Nouvelle Vague 83
- The Banality of Orson Welles 91
- Claire Denis and the Other’s Failure to Enjoy 99
- Political Desire in Italian Neorealism 107
-
The Cinema of Integration
- Political Desire in Italian Neorealism 115
- The Theoretical Opposition 123
- The Politics of the Cinema of Integration 127
- The Ordinary Cinema of Ron Howard 131
- Steven Spielberg’s Search for the Father 137
- D. W. Griffith’s Suspense 147
- Films That Separate 155
-
The Cinema of Intersection
- The Separation of Desire and Fantasy 163
- Theorizing the Real 171
- The Politics of the Cinema of Intersection 175
- The Overlapping Worlds of Andrei Tarkovsky 179
- Alain Resnais between the Present and the Past 185
- Wim Wenders and the Ethics of Fantasizing 195
- The Sexual Relationship with David Lynch 203
- Notes 211
- Index 247