Azcona The Multi-Protagonist Film

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-2531-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: New Approaches to Film Genre

The Multi-Protagonist Film is an insightful and provocativeintroduction to this important new genre.
* Explores the origins and history of one of the most excitingnew developments in contemporary film worldwide
* Guides readers through the genre's centralcharacteristics and conventions, as well as it's evolution andcultural relevance
* Provides a theoretical framework that is developedthrough the analysis several films, including Grand Hotel,Singles, American Pie, Short Cuts, andSyriana.
* Reveals the duality of the genre's contemporarypreoccupations: the impact of globalization on humanlives versus the current state of intimate affairs, the crisisof marriage, and the proliferation of sexual choices

Autoren/Hrsg.

Azcona, María del Mar

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1 A Brief History of the Multi-Protagonist Film.
2 Theorizing the Multi-Protagonist Film.
3 An Early Experiment: Grand Hotel.
4 Short Cuts and the Consolidation of a Genre.
5 Adolescent Tapestries: American Pie.
6 Intimacy Multiplies: Singles.
7 Global Thrills: Syriana.
Conclusion.
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

María del Mar Azcona teaches English and Film Studies at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. She has published articles on film genre, contemporary Hollywood cinema, and Spanish cinema, and is the author of a book on Alejandro González Iñárritu, co-written with Celestino Deleyto (2010).