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1、SINGERfilm/philosophyCinematicMythmakingPhilosophyinFilmIRVINGSINGERCinematicMythmakingIrvingSingerisProfessorofPhilosophyatMIT.Heisthe“IrvingSingerdeployshismasteryoftheWesterntraditionsofFilmisthesuprememediumformythmaking.ThegodsandauthorofRealityTransformed:FilmasMeaninga

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4、nksandintimate.Cinematictechniques—panning,tracking,amongsomeofthebest-knownworksofcinematicart.Ajoyzooming,andtheothertoolsinthefilmmaker’stoolbox—toread.”createaworldthatisunlikerealityandyetrealisticattheEdwardBaronTurk,authorofChildofParadise:MarcelCarnésametime.Wearepass

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6、filmsand,ingeneral,theSinger’sCinematicMythmakinginvitesreaderstopartici-philosophicalelementsofafilm’smeaning.Mythologicalpateinanexplorationoffigureswhocontinuetocaptureourthemes,Singerwrites,performacrucialroleincinematicimaginationsasaresultoftheirmoralanderoticcomplexity

7、,artandevenphilosophyitself.figuressuchastheremadewoman,thesufferingfemale,Singerincisivelydisentanglesthestrandsofdifferentandthemalehero.Throughcloseanalysesofindividualfilmsframedwithinacontextofwide-rangingreferencestomythsinthefilmshediscusses.HefindsinPrestonSturges’sli

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