Closed Circuits - Screening Narrative Surveillance

Explores a panoply of films, from M and Rear Window to The Conversation and The Bourne Legacy, to analyze the ways in which cinema has articulated the concept of surveillance. While it has long been a mainstay of the thriller, surveillance, the author argues, speaks to something more foundational in the very work of the camera.

About the author

Garrett Stewart is the James O. Freedman Professor of Letters in the Department of English at the University of Iowa and the author of numerous books on fiction and film.

Summary

Explores a panoply of films, from M and Rear Window to The Conversation and The Bourne Legacy, to analyze the ways in which cinema has articulated the concept of surveillance. While it has long been a mainstay of the thriller, surveillance, the author argues, speaks to something more foundational in the very work of the camera.

Product details

• Authors: Garrett Stewart, Stewart Garrett
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2015
• EAN: 9780226201214
• ISBN: 978-0-226-20121-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General