From Mildred Pierce and Brief Encounter to Raging Bull and In the Mood for Love; this lively and accessible collection explores film cultures obsession with the past; offering searching and provocative analyses of a wide range of titles.Screening the Past engages with current debates about the role of cinema in mediating history through memory and nostalgia; suggesting that many films use strategies of memory to produce diverse forms of knowledge which challenge established ideas of history; and the traditional role of historians. Classic essays sit side by side with new research; contextualized by introductions which bring them up to date; and provide suggestions for further reading as the work of contemporary directors such as Martin Scorsese; Kathryn Bigelow; Todd Haynes and Wong Kar-wai is used to examine the different ways they deploy creative processes of memory.Pam Cook also investigates the recent history of film studies; reviewing the developments that have culminated in the exciting; if daunting; present moment. The result is a rich and stimulating volume that will appeal to anyone with an interest in cinema; memory and identity.
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