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Watership Down: Perspectives On and Beyond Animated Violence de Dr Catherine Lester

Watership Down: Perspectives On and Beyond Animated Violence: Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers

Editat de Dr Catherine Lester
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Watership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978) is as controversial as it is beloved. Whether due to the tear-jerking hit song 'Bright Eyes' or its notorious representation of violence inflicted by and upon animated rabbits, the film retains the ability to move and shock audiences of all ages, remaining an important cultural touchstone decades after its original release. This open access collection unites scholars and practitioners from a diversity of perspectives to consider the ongoing legacy of this landmark of British cinema and animation history. The authors provide nuanced discussions of Watership Down's infamous animated depictions of violence, death and its contentious relationship with child audiences, as well as examinations of understudied aspects of the film including its musical score, use of language, its increasingly relevant political and environmental themes and its difficult journey to the screen, complete with behind-the-scenes photographs, documents and production artwork. As the first substantial work on Watership Down, this book is a valuable companion on the film for scholars, students and fans alike.The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781501376993
ISBN-10: 1501376993
Pagini: 264
Ilustrații: 25 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Contributes to the development of animation studies as a significant area of study in the contemporary media landscape, and intersecting fields including genre studies, childhood studies, production studies, eco-criticism and more

Notă biografică

Catherine Lester is Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her research centres on the intersections between the horror genre and children's culture. She is the author of the monograph Horror Films for Children: Fear and Pleasure in American Cinema (Bloomsbury, 2021), as well as chapters and articles on Disney Princess films, animated horror and children's horror television.

Cuprins

List of IllustrationsList of TablesNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Watership Down in contextCatherine Lester (University of Birmingham, UK) Part I: Bringing the Warren to Life 1. 'We consider the conduct of this film highly unsatisfactory and unprofessional': Film finances and Watership DownLlewella Chapman (University of East Anglia, UK) and James Chapman (University of Leicester, UK) 2. Revisiting the production of Watership Down through the Arthur Humberstone Animation ArchiveKlive Humberstone (Independent Researcher, UK), Nigel Humberstone (Independent Researcher, UK) and Chris Pallant (Canterbury Christ Church, UK) 3. 'Trying to Eat Grass that isn't There': Unearthing A lapine corpus in Richard Adams' Watership Down and its film adaptationR. Grider (Independent Scholar, USA)Part II: Animal Stories 4. Animating utopia: Aesthetic instability and the revolutionary gaze in the film adaptation of Watership DownLisa Mullen (University of Cambridge, UK)5. 'Whenever They Catch You, They Will Kill You': Human-animal conflict in 1970s British children's cinemaNoel Brown (Liverpool Hope University, UK) 6. They watered ship down: Eco-doom and ecopedagogy in adaptations of Watership Down and The Animals of Farthing WoodHollie Adams (Independent researcher, UK)7. Watership Down under: When rabbits came to Australia Dan Torre (RMIT University, Australia) and Lienors Torre (Deakin University, Australia) Part III: Aesthetics of Sound and Image8. 'English pastoral melodies': the traditions and connotations of Angela Morley's musical score for Watership DownPaul Mazey (Independent Scholar, UK)9. 'I know now. A terrible thing is coming': Watership Down, music and/as horrorLeanne Weston (University of Warwick, UK)10. Pastel dreams and crimson nightmares: Colour, aesthetics and Watership DownCarolyn Rickards (Independent Scholar, UK)11. Prince with a thousand faces: Shifting art-styles and the depiction of violence in Watership DownSam Summers (Middlesex University, UK) Part IV: Affective Encounters with the Rabbit 12. Drawing blood: The forms and ethics of animated violence in Watership DownJosh Schulze (University of Michigan, USA)13. 'Won't somebody please think of the bunnies?': Watership Down, rabbit horror and 'suitability' for childrenCatherine Lester (University of Birmingham, UK)14. Mourning Hazel-rahCatherine Sadler (Independent Scholar, UK) Guide to Further Research Index

Recenzii

Strange, controversial, beguiling: Watership Down is an uncommon film that cries out for this excellent collection of essays, providing much needed context and thoughtful analysis of unforgettable animation. Whether readers are rediscovering the film for the first time since childhood or hoping to gain new insight into a lingering obsession, they will find new information and understanding of what makes this film unique. This book offers fresh research into the troubled production and adaptation process, wide-ranging readings of the film's story and aesthetics, and consideration of its reception and long influence. Essential reading for anyone interested in animation, horror, children's cinema, environmentalism, or British film.
Watership Down is an enduring classic, but to date the 1978 film has not received scholarly attention. This volume is well-positioned to fill this gap, exploring the multifaceted nature of this beloved film across and organized by four thematic groupings and includes access to never-before-seen archival material. Groundbreaking and thorough, Watership Down: Perspectives On and Beyond Animated Violence is an essential text for undergraduate courses, graduate students and fans of the film alike.
Watership Down is a seminal and influential British feature animation. Catherine Lester's varied and insightful collection of essays finally offers proper appraisal of the film's social impact, emotional affect and political challenges. Drawing on archival sources and closely researched aspects of the film's production, the readings that follow are refreshingly assured in discussing the power of animation itself to represent complex adult themes and challenging emotive imagery. This is not a book for those wishing to read about 'funny bunnies'. These essays go down the rabbit hole and emerge from the warren with a revealing and penetrative gaze. Bright guys, burning like fire..