Action Spectacle Cinema
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Action Spectacle Cinema
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Author : Jose Arroyo
language : en
Publisher: British Film Institute
Release Date : 2000
Action Spectacle Cinema written by Jose Arroyo and has been published by British Film Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
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Action Speaks Louder
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Author : Eric Lichtenfeld
language : en
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Release Date : 2007-04-27
Action Speaks Louder written by Eric Lichtenfeld and has been published by Wesleyan University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-27 with Performing Arts categories.
An authoritative and entertaining history of the action film
The Action And Adventure Cinema
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Author : Yvonne Tasker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-08-19
The Action And Adventure Cinema written by Yvonne Tasker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-19 with Performing Arts categories.
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.
Epics Spectacles And Blockbusters
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Author : Sheldon Hall
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2010
Epics Spectacles And Blockbusters written by Sheldon Hall and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Motion picture industry categories.
Considers the history of the American blockbuster-the large-scale, high-cost film-as it evolved from the 1890s to today.
Contemporary Action Cinema
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Author : Lisa Purse
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-25
Contemporary Action Cinema written by Lisa Purse and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-25 with Performing Arts categories.
This book is an authoritative account of post-1990s US action cinema.
Action Spectacle Cinema
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Author : Jose Arroyo
language : en
Publisher: British Film Institute
Release Date : 2000-06-26
Action Spectacle Cinema written by Jose Arroyo and has been published by British Film Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-26 with Performing Arts categories.
Often dismissed as 'High Concept' or 'popcorn', movies, this most popular of contemporary genres can and should, this book asserts, be taken seriously on its own terms. In doing so, questions of aesthetics are foregrounded and evaluative criteria are explored. This volume investigates relations between contemporary action cinema and television, cartoons, comics, special effects, and Theme Parks as well as the connection between related types of cinema such as neo-noir and the serial killer film. This first in a new series of Sight and Sound Readers includes case studies of such key figures as John Woo and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a wide range of articles that focus on some of the most successful films of the 90s (Speed, Jurassic Park, Titanic) and some of the most important directors (Cameron, Spielberg, Bigelow, Tarantino, Mann).
Hollywood Action Films And Spatial Theory
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Author : Nick Jones
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-03-02
Hollywood Action Films And Spatial Theory written by Nick Jones and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-02 with Performing Arts categories.
This book applies the discourse of the so-called ‘spatial turn’ to popular contemporary cinema, in particular the action sequences of twenty-first century Hollywood productions. Tackling a variety of spatial imaginations (contemporary iconic architecture; globalisation and non-places; phenomenological knowledge of place; consumerist spaces of commodity purchase; cyberspace), the diverse case studies not only detail the range of ways in which action sequences represent the challenge of surviving and acting in contemporary space, but also reveal the consistent qualities of spatial appropriation and spatial manipulation that define the form. Jones argues that action sequences dramatise the restrictions and possibilities of space, offering examples of radical spatial praxis through their depictions of spatial engagement, struggle and eventual transcendence.
The Hollywood Action And Adventure Film
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Author : Yvonne Tasker
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2015-06-15
The Hollywood Action And Adventure Film written by Yvonne Tasker and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with Performing Arts categories.
The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the history, myriad themes, and critical approaches to the action and adventure genre in American cinema. Draws on a wide range of examples, spanning the silent spectacles of early cinema to the iconic superheroes of 21st-century action films Features case studies revealing the genre’s diverse roots – from westerns and war films, to crime and espionage movies Explores a rich variety of aesthetic and thematic concerns that have come to define the genre, touching on themes such as the outsider hero, violence and redemption, and adventure as escape from the mundane Integrates discussion of gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality alongside genre history Provides a timely and richly revealing portrait of a powerful cinematic genre that has increasingly come to dominate the American cinematic landscape
The Action And Adventure Cinema
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Author : Yvonne Tasker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-08-19
The Action And Adventure Cinema written by Yvonne Tasker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-19 with Education categories.
Addressing areas such as genre, film history and style, action and spectacle, stars and bodies, action auteurs and the film industry, the reader covers both Hollywood and also European and Asian action cinema.
The Films Of Walter Hill
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Author : Brian Brems
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-09-09
The Films Of Walter Hill written by Brian Brems and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-09 with Performing Arts categories.
In The Films of Walter Hill: Another Time, Another Place, Brian Brems explores how, as action emerged as a full-fledged genre of cinema, Walter Hill established his position in the genre, first as a screenwriter and then as a director. Hill, Brems argues, helped merge the thematic and stylistic concerns of the Western and film noir into a new action cinema, establishing a reputation for mythic, highly-stylized storytelling driven by a relentless pace. Through analyses of Hill’s filmography, this book demonstrates his consistent use of the architecture of classical storytelling to help codify the language of the action movie. These observations are supported by extensive conversations with Walter Hill and several of his on-screen collaborators, including Lance Henriksen, Sigourney Weaver, David Patrick Kelly, James Renmar, and William Sadler. Ultimately, Brems positions Hill as a key American film artist, whose work has inspired countless imitations.