Film/Genre

ISBN-10: 1838715800
ISBN-13: 9781838715809
Category: Performing Arts
Pages: 256
Language: English
Published: 2019-07-25
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Author: Rick Altman

Description

Film/Genre revises our notions of film genre and connects the roles played by industry critics and audiences in making and re-making genre. Altman reveals the conflicting stakes for which the genre game has been played and recognises that the term 'genre' has different meanings for different groups, basing his new genre theory on the uneasy competitive yet complimentary relationship among genre users and discussing a huge range of films from The Great Train Robbery to Star Wars and from The Jazz Singer to The Player.

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Film/Genre
- 2019-07-25
- 256 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing
Film/Genre
- 1998-12-22
- 260 pages
- Paperback
- British Film Institute

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