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The underwater eye : how the movie camera opened the depths and unleashed new realms of fantasy / Margaret Cohen.

Cohen, Margaret, 1958- (author., Author, Author).

Summary:

"A rich history of underwater filmmaking and how it has profoundly influenced the aesthetics of movies and public perception of the oceansIn The Underwater Eye, Margaret Cohen tells the fascinating story of how the development of modern diving equipment and movie camera technology has allowed documentary and narrative filmmakers to take human vision into the depths, creating new imagery of the seas and the underwater realm, and expanding the scope of popular imagination. Innovating on the most challenging film set on earth, filmmakers have tapped the emotional power of the underwater environment to forge new visions of horror, tragedy, adventure, beauty, and surrealism, entertaining the public and shaping its perception of ocean reality.Examining works by filmmakers ranging from J. E. Williamson, inventor of the first undersea film technology in 1914, to Wes Anderson, who filmed the underwater scenes of his 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou entirely in a pool, The Underwater Eye traces how the radically alien qualities of underwater optics have shaped liquid fantasies for more than a century. Richly illustrated, the book explores documentaries by Jacques Cousteau, Louis Malle, and Hans Hass, art films by Man Ray and Jean Vigo, and popular movies and television shows such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Sea Hunt, the Bond films, Jaws, The Abyss, and Titanic. In exploring the cultural impact of underwater filmmaking, the book also asks compelling questions about the role film plays in engaging the public with the remote ocean, a frontline of climate change."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780691225524
  • ISBN: 0691225524
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 303 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
  • Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
28 color plates (following page 124) + 112 b/w illustrations.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Note on Timestamps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Vision Immersed, 1840-1953 -- 2 The Wet Camera, 1951-1961 -- 3 Liquid Fantasies, 1963-2004 -- Epilogue: On the Underwater Film Sets of Documentary: Fact and Fiction in Blue Planet II -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A note on the type
Language Note:
In English.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 31, 2023).
Subject: Water in motion pictures.
Underwater cinematography.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics.
Motion pictures.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Eau au cinéma.
Cinéma > Histoire.
Cinéma > Esthétique.
Cinéma sous-marin.
Water in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > History.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics.
Underwater cinematography.
Motion pictures
Motion pictures > Aesthetics
Underwater cinematography
Water in motion pictures
Genre: History.
History


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