Bio-pics

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-231-17205-9
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 223 g

Reihe: Short Cuts

Bio-pics: A Life in Pictures offers a series of case studies which throw light on this most unique of genres. Is the bio-pic a genre in its own right? Or are such films merely footnotes in other more traditional genres such as the western or costume drama, depending on the historical figure under scrutiny. Unlike other genre forms bio-pics seemingly share no familiar iconography, codes or conventions. They can be set anywhere and at any time. What links them is quite simply that the films depict the life of an 'important' person. Through a carefully selected range of thematically linked (English-language) bio-pics released since 1990 this book explores key issues surrounding their resurgence, narrative structure, production, subject representation or misrepresentation, and critical response. The films under discussion are grouped around a profession (writers, singers, politicians, sportsmen, criminals, artists) allowing for comparisons to be drawn in approaches to similar subject matter.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cheshire, Ellen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: A Life in Pictures1. The Sound of Music: Singers and Musicians Take Centre Stage2. Hollywoodland: Actors and Directors as Portrayed by Actors and Directors3. Prick Up Your Ears: Now a Word on Writers4. Through the Eyes of a Painter: The Art of the On-screen Artist5. A Winner Never Quits: The Powerful Force of Sporting Biographies6. Awakenings: Voices from the Ivory Towers of Academia7. Into the Storm: The Politics of Political Bio-pics8. A Royal Affair: The Majesty of Royal RepresentationsEpilogueBibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Ellen Cheshire is an independent scholar. She has written books on the Coen Brothers (as co-author), Ang Lee, Jane Campion and Audrey Hepburn, as well as nmerous articles on subjets as wide-ranging as war movies, James Bond, and Charlie Chaplin.