CINEMAGIC

This is the first comprehensive study of magic
realism in cinema. Cinemagic realism deserves close
examination because of its extensive presence and
its power to combine aesthetic sophistication with
political critique. The work traces magic realism
from the criticism of pictorial art of early 20th-
century Germany, through Latin American literature,
to the recent US scholarly formulations. In studying
magic realism as a cross-cultural and cross-medial
phenomenon, the book conceptualizes trickster
aesthetics that are applied in the analysis of
films: Time of the Gypsies (Yugoslavia), Being John
Malkovich (USA), and Run Lola Run (Germany), which
jubilantly practice the magic of their
medium. Imaginative, extensively researched, and
philosophically rewarding, this work will appeal not
only to film, media studies, and literary scholars
but also to a wide range of readers, Susan
Linville, U of Colorado. CINEMAGIC is a very
perceptive and original must read studywith a
strong cross-cultural base, Andrew Horton, U of
Oklahoma. Popovich s daring book vitally
positions cinemagic realism at the very core of
world cinema, Frederick L. Aldama, Ohio State U.