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Action and Adventure Cinema

By Yvonne Tasker

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0415235065, 9780415235068
LCC
PN1995.9.A3 A28 2004
Open Library ID
OL3288926M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2510020 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
432\431
Topic
Art Cinema
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Искусство и искусствоведение;Искусство кинематогра

Description

This exciting collection addresses action and adventure from the silent to the contemporary period exploring diverse questions of aesthetics, industry and ideology. Action has established itself as one of the leading commercial genres of the New Hollywood cinema, generating extensive debate in the process.Contributors consider how action might best be defined, how it has developed historically, and how it works formally. The critical reception and standing of action and adventure cinema is considered in relation to questions of national culture, violence and the 'art' of cinema.Themes explored include genre and definitions; early action, sensation and melodrama; authorship and action; national and transnational action-adventure traditions; action aesthetics; spectacle and narrative; stars and bodies; class; gender; race and ethnicity. Attempting to evaluate the significance of this type of filmmaking for both popular cinema and film studies, the book underlines the central place of action and adventure within film history.

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