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Story and Style in Modern Movies

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Story and Style in Modern Movies

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University of California Press
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Subjects

Film History, European Cinema, Blockbusters, CinemaScope, four-part structure, Art films, Film Industry, Motion pictures, Motion picture industry, Aesthetics, History, Storytelling, Motion pictures, united states, Motion pictures, history, Motion pictures, aesthetics

People

Cameron Crowe, Robert Altman, Brian De Palma, Peter Jackson, Indiana Jones, Batman

Places

Hollywood, Los Angeles
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. ix
Introduction: Beyond the Blockbuster. 1
part i: a real story. 19
1. Continuing Tradition, by Any Means Necessary. 27
2. Pushing the Premises. 51
3. Subjective Stories and Network Narratives. 72
4. A Certain Amount of Plot: Tentpoles, Locomotives, Blockbusters, Megapictures, and the Action Movie. 104
part ii: a stylish style. 115
1. Intensified Continuity: Four Dimensions. 121
2. Some Likely Sources. 139
3. Style, Plain and Fancy. 158
4. What’s Missing?. 180
Appendix: A Hollywood Timeline, 1960–2004 Bradley Schauer and David Bordwell. 191
Notes. 243
Index. 273

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2006

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PN1993.5.U6 B656 2006, 2005025774

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2005025774
OCLC/WorldCat
61478730

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