Edward Cullen and his To-Be-Looked-At-Ness: Reversal of the cinematic gaze in Twilight

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06/08/2009

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Table of Contents Edward Cullen and his To-Be-Looked-At-Ness: Reversal of the cinematic gaze in Twilight Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. The Edward Cullen mania
  3. Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward in the film
  4. Bella played by the beautiful actress Kristen Stewart
  5. Rudolph Valentino as an early example of a male star
  6. Discussion about the story
  7. Conclusion
  8. Bibliography

Abstract

twilight is the unabashedly melodramatic, vampire-meets-girl love story of edward cullen and Bella Swan, and despite its clear success it still seems to be strange material for the first huge literary phenomenon of the twenty-first century. The author Stephenie Meyer has a tendency towards the archaic and the conventional in her thick prose; edward is constantly "smoldering" and "brooding," causing delicate, innocent Bella to swoon into his powerful arms-but, as edward's attraction to the smell of Bella's blood prevents them (for at least the first book) from consummating their relationship, the couple is forced to communicate their passion through pent-up looks. (Meyer is a devout Mormon, which has at least something to do with the sexy-abstinence current that runs through twilight.) edward watches Bella sleep; Bella watches edward as he takes off his shirt and allows his vampire skin to glitter in the sunlight: the movie is a succession of these gaze-centric scenes.

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Level :General public Study : Literature School/University : University of Virginia

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