附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index.
The phantom of cinema: representation of character in the modern film -- Reflexivity and character in Persona -- Incarnations of the confidence man -- Reviving the undead: Herzog's remake of Nosferatu -- The spy and the cipher -- Documenting character in The thin blue line -- Avatars of memory: entropy and nostalgia in the representation of character -- Conclusion: the mystery and melancholy of a self.
摘要:Films discussed include Jules and Jim, Escape from Alcatraz, The day of the jackal, Reservoir dogs, Persona, The magician, House of games, Nosferatu: a symphony of horror, Nosferatu: the vampyre, Reilly: ace of spies, The mystery of Kaspar Hauser, The thin blue line, Lacombe, Lucien, Daddy Nostalgia, Mephisto, Badlands, Days of Heaven, Five Easy Pieces, and The lacemaker.
