Neo-Baroque film
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Neo-Baroque film is a type of film theory that (while the term "neo-baroque" is borrowed from the writings of semiologist Umberto Eco and philosopher Gilles Deleuze) is used in film studies to describe certain films, television shows[1] and Hollywood blockbusters characterised by the excessively ornate, carnivalesque fragmentation of the film frame and/or narrative, sometimes to the point of spatial and/or narrative incoherence.[2][3]
- La dolce vita (1960)[4]
- 8 1/2 (1963)[5]
- Amarcord (1973)[6]
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)[7]
- Star Wars (1977)[8]
- The Evil Dead series (1981-1992)[9]
- Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)[10]
- Jurassic Park (1993)[11]
- Contact (1997)[12]
- Event Horizon (1997)[13]
- Moulin Rouge (2001)[14]
- Avatar (2009)[15]
