Deathwatch : American film, technology, and the end of life / C. Scott Combs.
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TextSeries: Film and culturePublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]Description: viii, 276 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231163460 (cloth : acidfree paper); 9780231163477 (pbk. : acid-free paper)Subject(s): Death in motion pictures | Mortality in motion pictures | Motion pictures -- United States -- History and criticismDDC classification: 791.43/6548 LOC classification: PN1995.9.D37 | C66 2014
Contents:
Introduction: an elusive passage Mortal recoil: early American execution scenes and the electric chair Posthumous motion: the deathwork of narrative editing Echo and hum: death's acoustic space in the early sound film Seconds: the flashback loop and the posthumous voice Terminal screens: cinematography and electric death Coda: end(ings).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.
Introduction: an elusive passage Mortal recoil: early American execution scenes and the electric chair Posthumous motion: the deathwork of narrative editing Echo and hum: death's acoustic space in the early sound film Seconds: the flashback loop and the posthumous voice Terminal screens: cinematography and electric death Coda: end(ings).
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