Death in Classic and Contemporary Film Fade to Black
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
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DEATH IN CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY FILM FADE TO BLACK
Edited by Daniell Sullivan and Jefff Greenberg
DEATH IN CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY FILM
Copyright © Daniel Sullivan and Jeff Greenberg, 2013. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-27688-9 All rights reserved. Cover illustration from Vampyrr (Carl Th. Dreyer, 1932), courtesy of the Danish Film Institute. Please visit the Carl Th. Dreyer website: Carl Th. Dreyer- The man and his workk at http://english.carlthdreyer.dk/ First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-44686-5 ISBN 978-1-137-27689-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137276896 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Death in classic and contemporary film : fade to black / edited by Daniel Sullivan and Jeff Greenberg. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Death in motion pictures. 2. Mortality in motion pictures. I. Sullivan, Daniel, editor of compilation. II. Greenberg, Jeff, 1954– editor of compilation. PN1995.9.D37D45 2013 791.43⬘6823—dc23
2013014606
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: October 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
I dedicate my efforts on this book to Leah. And to my family, as well as Kyle, Johannes, and Jeff. Finally, many thanks to all our excellent contributors. —Daniel S. To my parents Murray and Edie, whose love and effort got me to Penn, where I developed a love of both Hollywood classics and foreign films. —Jeff G.
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
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1 Introduction: When the Lights Go Down Daniel Sullivan and Jeff Greenberg
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Part I 2
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Terror Management Theory and Film
A Terror Management Analysis of Films from Four Genres: The Matrix, Life is Beautiful, Iron Man 2, and Ikiru Jeff Greenberg and Alisabeth Ayars The End Is Near: Mortality Salience in Apocalyptic Films Joel D. Lieberman and Mark Fergus
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Part II Aspects of Death Denial in Individual Films and Genres 4
Little Murders: Cultural Animals in an Existential Age Sheldon Solomon and Mark J. Landau
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Icons of Stone and Steel: Death, Cinema, and the Future of Emotion Jennifer L. McMahon
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Consumed in the Act: Grizzly Man and Frankenstein Kirby Farrell
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Black Swan/White Swan: On Female Objectification, Creatureliness, and Death Denial Jamie L. Goldenberg
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Death, Wealth,
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