Visions of Paradise: Images of Eden in the Cinema
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Paperback Book Details
- 220 Pages
- Paperback
- Illustrated in B&W Photos
- Remainder-marked (ink mark on tail of book)
- Released: February 17, 2006
- Originally Released: 2006
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Authors:
| Author: | Wheeler Winston Dixon |
Entertainment Reviews:
Description by OLDIES.com:
Illustrated throughout with intriguing, rare stills, and organized to provide historical context, Visions of Paradise surveys a huge array of films that have offered us glimpses of life free from strife, devoid of pain and privation, and full of harmony. In films such as Moana, White Shadows in the South Seas, The Green Pastures, Heaven Can Wait, The Enchanted Forest, The Bishop?s Wife, Carousel, Bikini Beach, and Elvira Madigan, characters and the audience partake in a vision of personal freedom and safety?a zone of privilege and protection that transcends the demands of daily existence.
Many of the films discussed are from the 1960s?perhaps the most "Edenic" decade in contemporary cinema, when everything seemed possible and radical change was taken for granted. As Dixon makes clear, however, these films have not disappeared with the dreams of a generation; they continue to resonate today, offering a tonic to the darker visions
Product Info
- ISBN: 0813537983
- EAN: 9780813537986
- Shipping Weight: 8.00/lbs (approx)
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