The Child in Film

The Child in Film
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9780857711281
ISBN-13 : 0857711288
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Book Synopsis The Child in Film by : Karen Lury

Download or read book The Child in Film written by Karen Lury and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghastly and ghostly children, 'dirty little white girls', the child as witness and as victim, have always played an important part in the history of cinema, as have child performers themselves. In exploring the disruptive power of the child in films made for an adult audience across popular films, including "Taxi Driver" and Japanese horror, and 'art-house' productions like "Mirror" and "Pan's Labyrinth", Karen Lury investigates why the figure of the child has such a significant impact on the visual aspects and storytelling potential of cinema.Lury's main argument is that the child as a liminal yet powerful agent has allowed filmmakers to play adventurously with cinema's formal conventions - with far-reaching consequences. In particular, she reveals how a child's relationship to time allows it to disturb and question conventional master-narratives. She explores too the investment in the child actor and expression of child sexuality, as well as how confining and conservative existing assumptions can be in terms of commonly held beliefs as to who children 'really are'.


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