Film/genre
by Altman, Rick
"Film/Genre revises our notions of film genre and connects the roles played by industry critics and audiences in making and re-making genre. Altman reveals the conflicting stakes for which the genre game has been played and recognises that the term 'genre' has different meanings for different groups, basing his new genre theory on the uneasy competitive yet complimentary relationship among genre users and discussing a huge range of films from The Great Train Robbery to Star Wars and from The Ja…
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- Full title :Film/genre / Rick Altman.
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"Film/Genre revises our notions of film genre and connects the roles played by industry critics and audiences in making and re-making genre. Altman reveals the conflicting stakes for which the genre game has been played and recognises that the term 'genre' has different meanings for different groups, basing his new genre theory on the uneasy competitive yet complimentary relationship among genre users and discussing a huge range of films from The Great Train Robbery to Star Wars and from The Jazz Singer to The Player."--Bloomsbury publishing
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- Publication Date:1999.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):BFI Pub
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1999.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781838710491, 1838710493
- oclc:ocn607251529
- LC Classification:PN1995
- Dewey Decimal:791.43/6
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