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The Mystical Gaze of the Cinema: The Films of Peter Weir
Richard Leonard
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Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 391.
'Magical', 'out of this world', 'an experience you'll never forget': Peter Weir's films have enthralled audiences around the globe. Whether in iconic Australian works such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli or international mainstream thrillers such as Witness, Weir has deliberately created mystical movie experiences. Modern cinema studies is used to dissecting films on the basis of gender, class or race: now, for the first time, Richard Leonard shows that a mystical gaze also exists and is exercised in the secular multiplex temples of today. The Mystical Gaze of the Cinema is a meticulous and accessible book that uses ... Read more
'Magical', 'out of this world', 'an experience you'll never forget': Peter Weir's films have enthralled audiences around the globe. Whether in iconic Australian works such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli or international mainstream thrillers such as Witness, Weir has deliberately created mystical movie experiences. Modern cinema studies is used to dissecting films on the basis of gender, class or race: now, for the first time, Richard Leonard shows that a mystical gaze also exists and is exercised in the secular multiplex temples of today. The Mystical Gaze of the Cinema is a meticulous and accessible book that uses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522856620
SKU
V9780522856620
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About Richard Leonard
Richard Leonard is a Jesuit priest, directs the Australian Catholic Film Office and is a Visiting Professor at the Gregorian University, Rome and the United Faculty of Theology, Melbourne. He is the author of Movies That Matter: Reading Film through the Lens of Faith and Preaching to the Converted. He has served on juries at international film festivals around the ... Read more
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