An application of the classical figures of speech to the criticism of the motion picture. The author defines and illustrates each figure by literary analysis, then presents the filmic analogies. The occurrence in film of fantasy, allegory, and abstraction are also discussed.7 Simile Expressed by Manipulation of the Actor In some of the instances above the comparison is made between a thing ... a carving table, and one of three young men snatches the duck and runs away tucking it under his arm like a football.
Title | : | The Figure in Film |
Author | : | N. Roy Clifton |
Publisher | : | University of Delaware Press - 1983-01-01 |
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