Main entry:

Conley, Tom.

Title & Author:

Cartographic cinema / Tom Conley.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2006.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Theory and Cartography-Cinematic Taxonomy and Cartography-Archive and Diagram-Dislocation, Distance, Discretion-Mental Mapping and Mobile Topography-A Map in a Movie -- 1. Icarian Cinema: Paris qui dort -- A Site of Immaculate Origin-A Film in Flux-Two Spatial Stories-Points of Comparison-Liberty: A Vanishing Point -- 2. Jean Renoir: Cartographies in Deep Focus -- Boudu cartographe-Tracking a Revolution-La Grande Illusion: Terrae incognitae-Globes In and Out of Perspective -- 3. Maps and Theaters of Torture: Roma, citté aperta -- A Map Room-Italy Wallpapered: A Map in an Apartment-A Theater of Torture-Wiped Surfaces -- 4. A Desperate Journey: From Casablanca to Indiana Jones -- Crashing in and Crashing Out-A Map in a Montage-Desperate Journey-Camouflage-A Map-Dissolve: Casablanca-From Historical Geography to Melodrama-A Place Named-Indiana Jones -- 5. Juvenile Geographies: Les Mistons -- A Story Plotted into Film-Correspondence and Rewriting-Scenes of Writing-As the Crow Flies-Old Films and New Worlds: An Allegory -- 6. Michelin Tendre: Les Amants -- A Book and a Movie-"Attention au départ"-The Gleaner and the Grease Monkey-Pleats and Folds-The Michelin Map after La Carte du Tendre -- 7. Paris Underground: Les 400 coups -- The "Quarrel"-Credits-Class Room and Map Room-Mother and Mother France-A Child's Map -- 8. A Road Map for a Road Movie: Thelma and Louise -- Geography and Gentility-Cinematic Diagrams-A Map Room and a Baroque Motel-Reflectors and Benders-Orpheus Rewritten-The Map in the Picture-Women Plotted -- 9. Cronos, Cosmos, and Polis: La Haine -- Children of France-Events Crosscut-The Lower Depths-The World Is Ours-Graffiti and Glossalia -- 10. Ptolemy, Gladiator, and Empire -- A Correspondence: Empire and Gladiator-Ptolemy's Italia-Map Effects and Special Effects-Super Bowls-Aftereffects -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index

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ISBN:

9780816643561 (hc : alk. paper)
0816643563 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816643578 (pb : alk. paper)
0816643571 (pb : alk. paper)

Subject:

Maps in motion pictures.
Cartes géographiques au cinéma.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 250193
Call No.: BIB 179727
Status: Available