Zack Snyder’s impossible gaze: the fantasy of “looked-at-ness” manifested in Sucker Punch (2011)

Alexander John Sergeant

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    Abstract

    Writing in the introduction to her edited collection Visual and Other Pleasures, Laura Mulvey is moved to reflect on her contribution to the field of feminist film theory with the following observations: The articles and essays published here were not originally intended to last. I often sacrificed well-balanced argument, research and refinements of style to the immediate interests of the formative context of the moment, the demands of polemic, or the economy of an idea or the shape and pattern of a thought. Until recently there seemed no point in collecting my articles together; on the contrary, to publish them between two covers seem to contradict my perception of my writing as essentially and necessarily ephemeral.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSensational Pleasures in Cinema, Literature and Visual Culture
    Subtitle of host publicationThe Phallic Eye
    EditorsG. Padva, N. Buchweitz
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
    Chapter10
    Pages127-139
    Number of pages13
    Edition1
    ISBN (Electronic)978-1-137-36364-0
    ISBN (Print)978-1-137-36363-3, 978-1-349-47309-0
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 19 Feb 2014

    Keywords

    • male character
    • formative context
    • film theory
    • mirror stage
    • fantasy world

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