{"product_id":"ghost-images","title":"Ghost Images","description":"\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 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254156808536,"sku":"9780786420056","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786420056_e6f3c9cf-0367-400c-9578-6d74a5d1f41f.jpg?v=1764495025","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ghost-images","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}