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The Multi-Protagonist Film

By Barry Keith Grant(eds.) , Maria del Mar Azcona(auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2010
ISBN
9781444333930, 9781444325300
DOI
10.1002/9781444325300
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5918244 bytes)
Pages
169\169
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00

Description

The Multi-Protagonist Film is an insightful and provocative introduction to this important new genre.  Explores the origins and history of one of the most exciting new developments in contemporary film worldwide Guides readers through the genre’s central characteristics and conventions, as well as it's evolution and cultural relevance Provides a theoretical framework that is developed through the analysis several films, including Grand Hotel, Singles, American Pie, Short Cuts, and Syriana. Reveals the duality of the genre's contemporary preoccupations:  the impact of globalization on human lives versus the current state of intimate affairs, the crisis of marriage, and the proliferation of sexual choices Content: Chapter 1 A Brief History of the Multi?Protagonist Film (pages 9–24): Chapter 2 Theorizing the Multi?Protagonist Film (pages 25–45): Chapter 3 An Early Experiment (pages 46–60): Chapter 4 Short Cuts and the Consolidation of a Genre (pages 61–79): Chapter 5 Adolescent Tapestries (pages 80–99): Chapter 6 Intimacy Multiplies (pages 100–120): Chapter 7 Global Thrills (pages 121–139):

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