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Shooting the Moon

Shooting the Moon

Willems, Brian

Paperback

PhilosophyFilm Studies

ISBN10: 178279848X
ISBN13: 9781782798484
Publisher: Zer0 Books
Published: May 29 2015
Pages: 221
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Films about the moon show that even after the lunar landing of 1969 our celestial neighbor has lost none of its aptitude for being made of green cheese. In fact, as soon as you put the moon on screen it is lost. This is equally true for a wide range of moon films, including the theatricality of Méliès, the incredulity of camp, the illegibility of footage shot by Apollo astronauts and the revisionary history of Transformers 3. Yet, as paradoxical as it might seem at first, it is only when we lose sight of the moon that lunar truths begin to come forth. This is because fantastic elements of the moon--by their mere absurdity--can indicate non-fantastic elements. However, what is of interest here is not realistic or fantastic lunar truths but rather that the moon is an object which invites, or even demands, more than one truth at once.

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