Sebastian Stoppe
Merging of Realities
The ‘Non’-America in Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer
The fact that the actual geography of a landscape and the supposed place portrayed in a film sometimes differ is, of course, hardly unusual. The setting of a film is not always the same as the actual shooting location.
Most of the plot of the 2010 film “The Ghost Writer” by Roman Polanski takes place on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. However, the film was largely shot on the German islands of Sylt and Usedom, respectively.
By comparing the film with the actual locations, this article along with a video essay aims to show how Polanski constructs a ‘Non’-America that is simply imagined through the addition, rearrangement, or removal of various cultural artifacts.
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| Suggested Citation Stoppe, Sebastian (2023): Merging of Realities, The ‘Non’-America in Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer, in: Medienobservationen 27, pp. 1-13 DOI 10.25969/mediarep/20024 [media/rep/ version only] 10.5281/zenodo.8338276 [zenodo version only] |