Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-200) and index
Introduction -- Time, in theory -- L'Aventura : temporal adventures -- Mirror : traces and transfiguration -- Signs and meanings in the Decalogue --Epilogue
Matilda Mroz argues that cinema provides an ideal opportunity to engage with ideas of temporal flow and change. Temporality however, remains an underexplored area of film analysis, which frequently discusses images as though they were still rather than moving. This book traces the operation of duration in cinema, and argues that temporality should be a central concern of film scholarship