The Autonomous Image: Cinematic Narration and Humanism
Blowup, says Armando Prats, is one of the necessary movies. It is a ""living expression of the transition into the new narrative domains"" in terms of man's ""new vision of himself as a narrative creature in a world whose very essense is cinematic narration."" Prats' work on the new humanism inherent in postwar filmmaking is a rewarding work with implications for the fields of esthetics and axiology as well as film criticism. In his analyses of four films by three directors -- Fellini's Director's Notebook and The Clowns, Wertmiller's Seven Beauties, Antonioni's Blowup -- Prats shows the
Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The New Narration of Values: Fellini: A Director's Notebook; 2. The Narrative Dilemma: Seven Beauties; 3. To the Threshold of the New Narrative: Blowup; 4. Plasticity and Narrative Methods: The Clowns; Epilog; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; V; W