Part I : Theorizing realism
World cinema : realism, evidence, presence / Thomas Elsaesser
Whither realism? Bazin reconsidered / Leighton Grist
On Brecht, realism and the media / Marc Silberman
Melodrama as realism in Italian neorealism / Louis Bayman
Scale and the negotiation of 'real' and 'unreal' space in the cinema / Mary Ann Doane
Part II: World cinema and new realisms
Realism and Gus Van Sant's elephant / Anna Backman Rogers
Observational realism in Taiwan new cinema / Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley
Realism and national identity in Y tu mamá también : an audience perspective / Armida de la Garza
A Journey through time : Alexander Sokurov's Russian ark and theories of Mimesis / Vlad Strukov
Part III: The realism of the medium
Realism, real sex and experimental cinema : mediating eroticism in Georges Bataille's story of the eye / Beth Johnson
Breath control : the sound and sight of respiration as hyper-realist corporeality in breaking the waves / Davina Quinlivan
Ontology, film and the case of Eric Rohmer / Jacob Leigh
Up the junction : Ken Loach and TV realism / Cecíla Mello
Part IV: Documentary, TV and the ethics of representation
Filmmaking as the production of reality : a study of Hara and Kobayashi's documentaries / Lúcia Nagib
Character construction in Brazilian documentary films : modern cinema, classical narrative and micro-realism / Ismail Xavier
The difficulty with documentary : a filmmaker's view / Joao Moreira Salles
Losing grip on reality : a reflection on British factual television . Diane Myers.
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Realism and the audiovisual media. ISBN 9780230577220. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
