Stages of Reality: Theatricality in Cinema Andre Loiselle 9781442612051

A groundbreaking collection of original essays, Stages of Reality establishes a new paradigm for understanding the relationship between stage and screen media. This comprehensive volume explores the significance of theatricality within critical discourse about cinema and television. Stages of Reality connects the theory and practice of cinematic theatricality through conceptual analyses and close readings of films including The Matrix and There Will be Blood. Contributors illuminate how this mode of address disrupts expectations surrounding cinematic form and content, evaluating strategies such as ostentatious performances, formal stagings, fragmentary montages, and methods of dialogue delivery and movement. Detailing connections between cinematic artifice and topics such as politics, gender, and genre, Stages of Reality allows readers to develop a clear sense of the multiple purposes and uses of theatricality in film.

About the Author
Andre Loiselle is a professor in the Film Studies program and assistant vice-president (Academic) at Carleton University. Jeremy Maron is a doctoral candidate in the Institute of Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture at Carleton University.

Reviews
'This is a lively and stimulating collection of essays that will appeal to both theatre and film scholars and students alike, and ably demonstrate that a discussion of cinematic theatricality can facilitate productive reflection on the nature and function of filmic realities.' -- Victoria Lowe Screen vol 55:01:2014



Book Information
ISBN 9781442612051
Author Andre Loiselle
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint University of Toronto Press
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Weight(grams) 380g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm