Ambiguity and film criticism : reasonable doubt / Hoi Lun Law.
Law, Hoi Lun, author.
2021
PN1995 .L39 2021
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Title Ambiguity and film criticism : reasonable doubt / Hoi Lun Law.
Author Law, Hoi Lun, author.
ISBN 9783030629458 (electronic book)
3030629457 (electronic book)
3030629449
9783030629441
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62945-8
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-62945-8 doi
Call Number PN1995 .L39 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.4301/5
Summary This book defends an account of ambiguity which illuminates the aesthetic possibilities of film and the nature of film criticism. Ambiguity typically describes the condition of multiple meanings. But we can find multiple meanings in what appears unambiguous to us. So, what makes ambiguity ambiguous? This study argues that a sense of uncertainty is vital to the concept. Ambiguity is what presses us to inquire into our puzzlement over a movie, to persistently ask why is it as it is? Notably, this account of the concept is also an account of its criticism. It recognises that a satisfying assessment of what is ambiguous involves both our reason and doubt; that is, reason and doubt can work together in our practice of reading. This book, then, considers ambiguity as a form of reasonable doubt, one that invites us to reflect on our critical efforts, rethinking the operation of film criticism.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 11, 2021).
Series Palgrave close readings in film and television.
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Introduction: Rethinking Ambiguity
Part One: Considering Context and Convention
1. Difficulty of Explanation: The Enigmatic Vase Shots in Late Spring
2. Perplexing Style: The Programmatic Editing Strategy of Ten
3. Appropriateness of Clarification: Analytical Decoupage and the Reductive Viewpoint
Part Two: Reading in Detail
4. Depth of Suggestion: The Demonstrative Gestures in In a Lonely Place
5. Uncertainty of Understanding: The Unsettling Direct Look in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Part Three: Coming to a Close
6. Questioning Closure: The Inconclusive Final Moments of Force Majeur
Concluding Remarks: Reason and Responsibility.

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