Beschreibung:
Kristi McKim offers close-analyses of films in which attachment and detachment, intimacy and distance, ephemera and endurance become more visible and meaningful. Films discussed include Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire , Agnès Varda's Jacquot de Nantes , Doris Dörrie's Cherry Blossoms and Olivier Assayas' Summer Hours.
List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Love in the Time of Cinema Cinematic Reconciliation of Romantic and Historical Time: Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire Mortality and Cinephilia in the Cinematic Elegy: Agnès Varda's Jacquot de Nantes Learning to Love What Passes: Hirokazu Kore-eda's After Life Making Art of What Endures: Doris Dörrie's Cherry Blossoms and Olivier Assayas' Summer Hours Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Index