Michaels, Lloyd. <br/><br/>
The phantom of the cinema :  character in modern film / 
Lloyd Michaels. 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  �1998. 
 - 1 online resource (xx, 191 pages) :  illustrations 
 - SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video .
 - SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index. 
<br/><br/>The phantom of cinema: representation of character in the modern film -- Reflexivity and character in Persona -- Incarnations of the confidence man -- Reviving the undead: Herzog's remake of Nosferatu -- The spy and the cipher -- Documenting character in The thin blue line -- Avatars of memory: entropy and nostalgia in the representation of character -- Conclusion: the mystery and melancholy of a self. 
<br/><br/> Films discussed include Jules and Jim, Escape from Alcatraz, The day of the jackal, Reservoir dogs, Persona, The magician, House of games, Nosferatu: a symphony of horror, Nosferatu: the vampyre, Reilly: ace of spies, The mystery of Kaspar Hauser, The thin blue line, Lacombe, Lucien, Daddy Nostalgia, Mephisto, Badlands, Days of Heaven, Five Easy Pieces, and The lacemaker. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0585074992 9780585074993 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97011383  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Characters and characteristics in motion pictures.<br/>Personnages au cin�ema.<br/>PERFORMING ARTS--Film & Video--Reference.<br/>Characters and characteristics in motion pictures.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1995.9.C36  / M53 1998eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/6