Signs of Life : Cinema and Medicine

Signs of Life : Cinema and Medicine

Editorial Reviews
Book Description

Signs of Life explores the representation of doctors, nurses, patients, diseases and disabilities and their political implications. By considering how formal qualities of cinema - empirical observation, mise-en-scène, propaganda and education, melodrama, documentary, narrative construction - impact our understanding of medical procedures and the public image of medicine. Films discussed include Apocalypse Now, M.A.S.H., Schindler's List, The Fly, Philadelphia, Face/Off, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Thelma and Louise and The Tin Drum.

About the Author

Graeme Harper is co-editor of Unruly Pleasures: The Cult Film and its Critics. Andrew Moor is lecturer in film studies at Bangor University and the author of Magic Spaces: The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger.

Signs of Life : Cinema and Medicine,Sir Kenneth Calman,Graeme Harper,Andrew Moor,Wallflower Press,1904764169,Cinema/Film: Book,Film & Video - General,Performing Arts,Pop Arts / Pop Culture

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