Zoological surrealism : the nonhuman cinema of Jean Painlevé by Cahill, James Leo, author instant download

Zoological surrealism : the nonhuman cinema of Jean Painlevé by Cahill, James Leo, author instant download

1 online resource (395 pages) :, \"This critical history examines the work of zoological and science film pioneers Jean Painlevé and Geneviève Hamon from 1924-1949, illuminating the significant contributions that their wildlife cinema made to philosophical and political thought\"--, Includes bibliographical references and index, Introduction: cinema's Copernican vocation -- Neozoological dramas: comparative anatomy by other means -- Metamorphoses: crustaceans, the coming of sound, and plasmatic anthropomorphism -- Amour flou: the seahorse and the blur of sex -- Substitutes, vectors, and the circulatory systems of modernity: Dr. Normet's serum: experimental treatment of a hemorrhage in a dog and the vampire -- Carnivorous cinema: freshwater assassins and the blood of the beasts -- Conclusion: unfinished revolutions, untimely nature, Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 26, 2020)