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The cinema of the swimming pool

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posted on 2023-06-09, 14:57 authored by Christopher BrownChristopher Brown, Pam Hirsch
The swimming pool frequently appears in film not merely as a setting but as a dynamic site where social, political, cultural and aesthetic forces converge. What is it about this space that has so fascinated filmmakers and what kinds of cinematic investigations does it encourage? This collection features essays by an eclectic, international range of film researchers. Amongst the works analysed are classics such as The Cameraman (1928), The Philadelphia Story (1940) and La Piscine (1969); cult hits such as The Swimmer (1968) and Deep End (1970); and more recent representations of the pool in Water Lilies (2007), Sea Point Days (2009) and Ausente (2011). The pool is considered as a realm where artifice meets nature, where public meets private, where sexualities morph and blend; and as a space that reconfigures the relationship between architecture and narrative, in which themes of pollution, spectacle and reflexivity find unique expression. Approaching the swimming pool from a wide range of methodological perspectives, the essays in this collection stake a claim for the enduring significance of this exciting cinematic space.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Publisher

Peter Lang

Pages

266.0

ISBN

978-3-0353-9807-6

Series

New Studies in European Cinema

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  • Media and Film Publications

Notes

his is an edited book edited by Christopher Brown, Pam Hirsch

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

Christopher Brown, Pam Hirsch

Legacy Posted Date

2018-09-07

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-09-06

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