María del Mar Azcona

The Multi-Protagonist Film

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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, and Syriana.
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

Produktdetails

• New Approaches to Film Genre
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781444333930
• ISBN-10: 1444333933
• Artikelnr.: 29947122

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Captions 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