Author

Publication

2004 - Routledge, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

61,500 words, Guess

Page Count

246 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2004006798
  • Goodreads6913773
  • LibraryThing2039064

Classifications

  • DDC791.43/653
  • LCCPN1995.9.N67 C66 2004

Description

"In this important new book, Pam Cook explores film culture's obsession with the past through analyses of a wide range of films, from Mildred Pierce and Brief Encounter to Raging Bull and Dance With a Stranger. She engages with current debates about the role of cinema in mediating history through memory and nostalgia through a discussion of In the Mood for Love and Far From Heaven, suggesting that many films use strategies of memory to challenge established ideas of history, and the traditional role of historians."--Jacket.

First Sentence

One of the most significant developments in film studies over the last fifteen years or so has been the growing preoccupation with memory and nostalgia.

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Other Editions

  • Screening the past: memory and nostalgia in cinemaRoutledge2004-01-01
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