Surrealism And Cinema

Tracing the work of Luis Buñuel, Jacques Prévert, Nelly Kaplan, Walerian Borowcyzk, Jan vankmajer, Raul Ruiz and Alejandro Jodorowsky, this book charts the history of surrealist filmmaking in both Europe and Hollywood from the 1920s to the present day. At once a critical introduction and a provocative re-evaluation,Surrealism and Cinemais essential reading for anyone interested in surrealist ideas and art and the history of film.

Michael Richardson has published widely on surrealism, having edited two volumes of surrealist stories, The Identity of Things and The Myth of the World, a collection of Georges Bataille's writings on surrealism, The Absence of Myth, and a collection of writings by Caribbean surrealist writers, Refusal of the Shadow. He is currently visiting professor at Waseda University, Tokyo.

Introduction: Surrealist Film Theory and Practice

1

(14)

Surrealism and Popular Culture

15

(12)

Luis Bunuel and the Snares of Desire

27

(18)

Jacques Prevert and the Poetry of the Eventual

45

(16)

Surrealism and Hollywood

61

(16)

Surrealism and the Documentary

77

(16)

Nelly Kaplan and Sexual Revenge

93

(14)

Walerian Borowczyk and the Touch of Desire

107

(14)

Jan Svankmajer and the Life of Objects

121

(14)

Panique: A Ceremony Beyond the Absurd

135

(14)

The Baroque Heresy of Raul Ruiz

149

(16)

Surrealism and Contemporary Cinema

165

(8)

Notes

173

(6)

Selected Filmography

179

(8)

Bibliography

187

(8)

General Index

195

(4)

Film Index

199

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