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Shooting the Moon
Brian Willems
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Description for Shooting the Moon
Paperback. The first book to examine the multiple and contradictory strategies for putting the moon on film. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Films about the moon show that even after the lunar landing of 1969 our celestial neighbor has lost none of its aptitude for being made of green cheese. In fact, as soon as you put the moon on screen it is lost. This is equally true for a wide range of moon films, including the theatricality of Melies, the incredulity of camp, the illegibility of footage shot by Apollo astronauts and the revisionary history of Transformers 3. Yet, as paradoxical as it might seem at first, it is only when we lose sight of the moon that lunar ... Read more
Films about the moon show that even after the lunar landing of 1969 our celestial neighbor has lost none of its aptitude for being made of green cheese. In fact, as soon as you put the moon on screen it is lost. This is equally true for a wide range of moon films, including the theatricality of Melies, the incredulity of camp, the illegibility of footage shot by Apollo astronauts and the revisionary history of Transformers 3. Yet, as paradoxical as it might seem at first, it is only when we lose sight of the moon that lunar ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
221g
Number of Pages
221
Place of Publication
Ropley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782798484
SKU
V9781782798484
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99-15
About Brian Willems
Brian Willems is assistant professor of literature and film theory at the University of Split, Croatia. He is the author of Hopkins and Heidegger and Facticity, Poverty and Clones.
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