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001 2012036435
003 DLC
005 20130212091449.0
008 120928s2012 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012036435
020 $a9780786471867 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPN1995$b.W384 2012
082 00 $a791.4301$223
100 1 $aWeishaar, Schuy R.
245 10 $aMasters of the grotesque :$bthe cinema of Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, The Coen brothers and David Lynch /$cSchuy R. Weishaar.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c[2012]
300 $avii, 211 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPt. 1. The philosophy of the grotesque -- Art, being and contrast -- metaphysics, myth and purgatory -- Pt. 2. Interpolarity: binaries of the grotesque -- Tim Burton's two worlds -- Terry Gilliam's mythic madness -- pt. 3. Menacing invasions: the hazards of time and subjectivity -- The mundane and the catastrophic in the films of Joel and Ethan Coen -- Obliterating the subject in the cinematic world of David Lynch -- Pt. 4. Into the world and back again: from politics to paradox -- Politics, culture and the grotesque family in hippie-slasher-horror -- grim reveries, or the ambiguities.
520 $a"The concepts and theories surrounding the aesthetic category of the grotesque are explored in this book by pursuing their deployment in the films of American auteurs Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and David Lynch"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aMotion pictures$xAesthetics.
650 0 $aGrotesque in motion pictures.
650 0 $aMotion pictures$xPhilosophy.