Landscape allegory in cinema : from wilderness to wasteland

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Author:

Melbye, David.

ISBN:

9780230104075

Personal Author:

Melbye, David.

Publication Information:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Contents:

Introduction: defining landscape allegory -- Landscape depiction before cinema -- Spiritualized landscapes of the nineteenth century -- Advent of filming landscape allegory -- Depiction of landscape in avant-garde films -- Spiritual wasteland films -- Italian wasteland allegory -- Australian outback allegory -- Landscape allegory in Hollywood -- River/jungle and other imperialist allegories -- Landscape allegory in other narrative contexts -- Conclusion: landscape allegory into the future.

Subject Term:

Landscapes in motion pictures.

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Summary

This study seeks to understand the form of cinematic space referred to as 'the landscape of the mind,' in which natural, outdoor settings serve as outward manifestations of characters' inner subjective states.