{"title":"Professor Murray Pomerance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Murray Pomerance\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate relationship between cinema and culture, offering insightful analysis that illuminates the art of film. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eEdge of the Screen\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUncanny Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into the aesthetics, emotion, and psychology behind the moving image, inviting readers to reconsider how films influence and reflect society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on both classic and contemporary cinema, Pomerance presents thoughtful examinations of iconic films like \u003cem\u003eMarnie\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Knew Too Much\u003c\/em\u003e. His books appeal to readers interested in the deeper dimensions of storytelling and the cultural significance embedded within cinematic works.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"edge-of-the-screen-by-professor-murray-pomerance-9798765128329","title":"Edge of the Screen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is a series of seventeen meditations that revolve around the notion of the viewer’s placement at the edge of the screen.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every page is an opportunity to think about an aspect of film, or of film viewing, in new ways, and to begin reconsidering deeply ingrained ways of unthinkingly characterising and accounting for what it is that we watch when we watch a film, what happens to us, and how we make sense of and appreciate it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume follows from three others by the author: \u003cem\u003eVirtuoso: Film Performance and the Actor’s Magic\u003c\/em\u003e (2020); \u003cem\u003eThe Film Cheat: Cinematic Artifice and Viewing Pleasure\u003c\/em\u003e (2021); and \u003cem\u003eUncanny Cinema: Agonies of the Viewing Experience\u003c\/em\u003e (2022). All of these, including \u003cem\u003eEdge of the Screen\u003c\/em\u003e, meander and interrogate cinema as we watch it, both connecting us to and disconnecting us from the moment of pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach meditation is characterised by a deep penetration of the inquiring, continually hungry authorial mind and a very extensive set of analyses of filmic moments from myriad films, including \u003cem\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMemento\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eZabriskie Point\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAn American in Paris\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePlanet of the Apes\u003c\/em\u003e (1968), \u003cem\u003eSuperman\u003c\/em\u003e (1978), \u003cem\u003ePossessed\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003c\/em\u003e (1942), \u003cem\u003eThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Toll of the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRope\u003c\/em\u003e, and numerous others. These meditations are careful and philosophical as much as energetically ruminative, yet are written in an accessible style for all interested readers who both love cinema and wonder about that love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter can stand alone, even though all work together to challenge perspectives on what we encounter, experience, think, and feel when we watch films. Across its chapters, \u003cem\u003eEdge of the Screen\u003c\/em\u003e takes on a wide range of topics: the ontology of film; the relation between characters, actors, and the figures who appear onscreen; film’s relationships to the other arts, especially painting but also novels and theatre; the passage of time in film, and its momentary character; film criticism, including deeply held values such as coherence; film’s relationship to mortality; and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430657278188,"sku":"9798765128329","price":51.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9798765128329.jpg?v=1774558898"},{"product_id":"marnie-by-professor-murray-pomerance-9781844576548","title":"Marnie","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA thrilling tale of anxiety and moral extremity, \u003cem\u003eMarnie\u003c\/em\u003e (1964) cemented Alfred Hitchcock's reputation as a master of suspense and the visual form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMurray Pomerance here ranges through the many tortuous and thrilling passages of \u003cem\u003eMarnie\u003c\/em\u003e, weaving critical discussion together with production history to reveal Marnie as a woman in flight from her self, her past, her love, and the eyes of surveilling others. Challenging many received opinions—including claims of technical sloppiness and the proposal that Marnie's marriage night is a 'rape scene'—Pomerance sheds new light on a film that can often be difficult to understand and accept on its own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal and stimulating, this BFI Film Classic identifies \u003cem\u003eMarnie\u003c\/em\u003e as one of Hitchcock's masterpieces, highlights the film's philosophical and psychological sensitivity, and reveals its sharp-eyed understanding of American society and its mores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471107408108,"sku":"9781844576548","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781844576548-marnie.jpg?v=1775234431"},{"product_id":"the-man-who-knew-too-much-by-professor-murray-pomerance-9781844579556","title":"The Man Who Knew Too Much","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMurray Pomerance offers an illuminating account of one of Hitchcock's most intriguing and successful films, \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Knew Too Much\u003c\/em\u003e (1956), starring James Stewart and Doris Day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough a close reading of the film alongside analysis of its complex production history, Pomerance's analysis highlights its darkest nuances, and its themes of musicality, gendered power, and cultural strangeness. He proposes that, far from being a merely charming escapade, the film tells a strange story of doubling, spiritual presence, and the intricacies of social organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471808413932,"sku":"9781844579556","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c71aa961ef4d62de6582c4b94878397d.jpg?v=1775791616"},{"product_id":"uncanny-cinema-by-professor-murray-pomerance-9781501398780","title":"Uncanny Cinema","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMurray Pomerance's latest book explores an encyclopaedic range of films and television shows to demonstrate the difficulty of conveying the experience of viewing cinema through words and the medium of text. 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