Death in Classic and Contemporary Film: Fade to Black

Sullivan, D.; Greenberg, J.

Mortality is a recurrent theme in films across genres, periods, nations, and directors. This book brings together an accomplished set of authors with backgrounds in film analysis, psychology, and philosophy to examine how the knowledge of death, the fear of our mortality, and the ways people cope with mortality are represented in cinema.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-10-03

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137276889

DOI: 10.1057/9781137276896

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 263