Description for The Butcher Boy
paperback. "The Butcher Boy" is perhaps the finest film to have come out of Ireland. Cinema is often thought of as a purely visual art, but this film is adapted from a groundbreaking novel by a filmmaker who is himself a writer of prose fiction. This study examines the process by which fiction becomes film, and writing becomes image. Series: Ireland into Film S. Num Pages: 100 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; APFA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 189 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 142. Good copy showing light age and wear. Some light staining to exterior and interior of front cover. Remains a nice copy
"The Butcher Boy" is perhaps the finest film to have come out of Ireland. Although it marks a clear break with the more banal canons of realism, it is nonetheless the most realistic of Irish films. It engages with the society and culture of modern Ireland with a wit and ferocity that denies the viewer any easy moral position. Cinema is often thought of as a purely visual art, but this film is adapted from a groundbreaking novel by a filmmaker who is himself a writer of prose fiction. In this present study, Colin MacCabe examines the process by which ... Read more
"The Butcher Boy" is perhaps the finest film to have come out of Ireland. Although it marks a clear break with the more banal canons of realism, it is nonetheless the most realistic of Irish films. It engages with the society and culture of modern Ireland with a wit and ferocity that denies the viewer any easy moral position. Cinema is often thought of as a purely visual art, but this film is adapted from a groundbreaking novel by a filmmaker who is himself a writer of prose fiction. In this present study, Colin MacCabe examines the process by which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Condition
Used, Good
Series
Ireland into Film S.
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781859182864
SKU
KMK0025477
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Ref
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About Colin Maccabe
Colin MacCabe is Distinguished Professor of English and Film at the University of Pittsburgh and Professor of English and Humanities at Birkbeck,Universty of London. His books include T.S. Eliot, James Joyce and the Revolution of the Word, Performance, The Eloquence of the Vulgar and Godard: A Portrait of the Artist at Seventy. He is currently ... Read more
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