{"product_id":"ghost-images-cinema-of-the-afterlife-9780786420056","title":"Ghost Images: Cinema of the Afterlife","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tom Ruffles\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The possibility of life after death is a significant theme in cinema, in which ghosts return to the world of the living to wrap up unfinished business, console their survivors, visit lovers or just enjoy a well-wreaked scaring. This work focuses on film depictions of survival after death, from meetings with the ghost of Elvis to AIDS-related ghosts: apparitions, hauntings, mediumship, representations of heaven, angels, near-death experiences, possession, poltergeists and all the other ways in which the living interact with the dead on screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The work opens with a historical perspective, which outlines the development of pre-cinematic technology for \"projecting\" phantoms, and discusses the use of these skills in early ghost cinema. English-language sound films are then examined thematically with topics ranging from the expiation of sins to \"hungry\" ghosts. Six of the most significant films, \u003ci\u003eDead of Night, A Matter of Life and Death, The Innocents, The Haunting, The Shining, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJacob's Ladder, \u003c\/i\u003e are given a detailed analysis. A conclusion, filmography, and bibliography follow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46895987097751,"sku":"9780786420056","price":3724.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786420056.webp?v=1770356396","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ghost-images-cinema-of-the-afterlife-9780786420056","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}