{"product_id":"cinema-as-weather-kristi-mckim-9780415894128","title":"Cinema as Weather: Stylistic Screens and Atmospheric Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do cinematic portrayals of the weather reflect and affect our experience of the world? While weatherly predictability and surprise can impact our daily experience, the history of cinema attests to the stylistic and narrative significance of snow, rain, wind, sunshine, clouds, and skies. Through analysis of films ranging from \u003cem\u003eThe Wizard of Oz\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eThe Umbrellas of Cherbourg\u003c\/em\u003e, from \u003cem\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eIn the Mood for Love\u003c\/em\u003e, Kristi McKim calls our attention to the ways that we read our atmospheres both within and beyond the movies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding upon meteorological definitions of weather's dynamism and volatility, this book shows how film weather can reveal character interiority, accelerate plot development, inspire stylistic innovation, comprise a momentary attraction, convey the passage of time, and idealize the world at its greatest meaning-making capacity (unlike our weather, film weather always happens on time, whether for tumultuous, romantic, violent, suspenseful, or melodramatic ends). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkin to cinema's structuring of ephemera, cinematic weather suggests aesthetic control over what is fleeting, contingent, wildly environmental, and beyond human capacity to tame. This first book-length study of such a meteorological and cinematic affinity casts film weather as a means of artfully and mechanically conquering contingency through contingency, of taming weather through a medium itself ephemeral and enduring. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing film theory, history, formalist\/phenomenological analysis, and eco-criticism, this book casts cinema \u003cem\u003eas\u003c\/em\u003e weather, insofar as our skies and screens become readable through our interpretation of changing phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristi McKim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415894123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415894128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Kristi McKim","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064972128511,"sku":"9780415894128","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60a7f04d-7c0a-4e9f-a794-d2ebb8013601.jpg?v=1768672277","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cinema-as-weather-kristi-mckim-9780415894128","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}