Doubling, Distance and Identification in the Cinema - Coates, P.

This book argues theoretically for, and exemplify through critical and historical analysis, the interrelatedness of discourses on scale, distance, identification and doubling in the cinema. It contains analyses of a wide variety of films, including Citizen Kane, The Double Life of VĂ©ronique, The Great Gatsby, Gilda, Vertigo and Wings of Desire.