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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780691197975
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Social Science, Photography
- Publication Name
- Underwater Eye : How the Movie Camera Opened the Depths and Unleashed New Realms of Fantasy
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Subject
- Comparative Literature, Media Studies, Television / General, General
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Weight
- 24.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 344 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691197970
ISBN-13
9780691197975
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22050074166
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Publication Name
Underwater Eye : How the Movie Camera Opened the Depths and Unleashed New Realms of Fantasy
Language
English
Subject
Comparative Literature, Media Studies, Television / General, General
Publication Year
2022
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Social Science, Photography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
24.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2021-948741
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Margaret Cohen's comprehensive research and skilful writing makes this book a fascinating read. . . . The Underwater Eye is a very well written and researched book that takes us comprehensively through this remarkable journey." ---Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse, A comprehensive, historical examination of underwater films and television shows that reflected the public's interest in sea fantasies during three periods. . . . Insightful.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
777.89437
Synopsis
A rich history of underwater filmmaking and how it has profoundly influenced the aesthetics of movies and public perception of the oceans. In The Underwater Eye , Margaret Cohen tells the fascinating story of how the development of modern diving equipment and movie camera technology has allowed documentary and narrative filmmakers to take human vision into the depths, creating new imagery of the seas and the underwater realm, and expanding the scope of popular imagination. Innovating on the most challenging film set on earth, filmmakers have tapped the emotional power of the underwater environment to forge new visions of horror, tragedy, adventure, beauty, and surrealism, entertaining the public and shaping its perception of ocean reality.Examining works by filmmakers ranging from J. E. Williamson, inventor of the first undersea film technology in 1914, to Wes Anderson, who filmed the underwater scenes of his 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou entirely in a pool, The Underwater Eye traces how the radically alien qualities of underwater optics have shaped liquid fantasies for more than a century. Richly illustrated, the book explores documentaries by Jacques Cousteau, Louis Malle, and Hans Hass, art films by Man Ray and Jean Vigo, and popular movies and television shows such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea , Creature from the Black Lagoon , Sea Hunt , the Bond films, Jaws , The Abyss , and Titanic . In exploring the cultural impact of underwater filmmaking, the book also asks compelling questions about the role film plays in engaging the public with the remote ocean, a frontline of climate change. 'Margaret Cohen's eagerly awaited book juxtaposes three twentieth-century innovations: scuba, underwater film, and modernist artistic experimentalism. Her deft analysis of undersea images uses the experience of immersion, including blurred vision and near-weightlessness, to reframe conventions of gothic narrative, film noir, the Romantic sublime, and heroic epic. Fans of dive movies and scholars of the blue humanities will find much of value in this brilliant and engaging book.' -- Steve Mentz, author of Ocean 'Most people who have seen the underwater world have seen it, and loved it, in movies. To discover those pioneering underwater productions, the passionate artists that invented the cameras, and the magic of capturing seascapes on film, take a breath and dive into The Underwater Eye . The 'underwater you' will love it.' -- Stephen R. Palumbi, coauthor of The Extreme Life of the Sea, A rich history of underwater filmmaking and how it has profoundly influenced the aesthetics of movies and public perception of the oceans In The Underwater Eye , Margaret Cohen tells the fascinating story of how the development of modern diving equipment and movie camera technology has allowed documentary and narrative filmmakers to take human vision into the depths, creating new imagery of the seas and the underwater realm, and expanding the scope of popular imagination. Innovating on the most challenging film set on earth, filmmakers have tapped the emotional power of the underwater environment to forge new visions of horror, tragedy, adventure, beauty, and surrealism, entertaining the public and shaping its perception of ocean reality. Examining works by filmmakers ranging from J. E. Williamson, inventor of the first undersea film technology in 1914, to Wes Anderson, who filmed the underwater scenes of his 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou entirely in a pool, The Underwater Eye traces how the radically alien qualities of underwater optics have shaped liquid fantasies for more than a century. Richly illustrated, the book explores documentaries by Jacques Cousteau, Louis Malle, and Hans Hass, art films by Man Ray and Jean Vigo, and popular movies and television shows such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea , Creature from the Black Lagoon , Sea Hunt , the Bond films, Jaws , The Abyss , and Titanic . In exploring the cultural impact of underwater filmmaking, the book also asks compelling questions about the role film plays in engaging the public with the remote ocean, a frontline of climate change.
LC Classification Number
TR893.8
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