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Coates presents the face in film as a place where transformations begin, reflecting both the experience of modernity and such influential myths as that of Medusa. This is exemplified by a wide range of European and American films, including Ingmar Bergman's Persona .
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'Sharing Barthes' and Bergman's premise that the human face remains central to cinematic art, Coates' new book draws on film theory, philosophy, art history, and cultural studies to produce fresh, startling insights on the films that truly matter. The range of examples is as impressive as the erudition.' - Lloyd Michaels, Allegheny College, USA
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PAUL COATES Professor in Film Studies at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He has taught at McGill and the University of Aberdeen. His publications include The Story of the Lost Reflection (1985), The Gorgon's Gaze (1991), Cinema, Religion and the Romantic Legacy (2003), The Red and the White: The Cinema of People's Poland (2005) and Cinema and Colour (2010).
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Book Title: Screening the Face
Authors: Paul Coates
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012289
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-29847-7Published: 11 May 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33465-0Published: 01 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-01228-9Published: 11 May 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 195
Topics: Film History, Screen Studies, Genre, Directing