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The Multi-Protagonist Film
Contributor(s): Azcona, Marķa del Mar (Author)
ISBN: 1444333933     ISBN-13: 9781444333930
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $118.51  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
Dewey: 791.436
LCCN: 2010009542
Series: New Approaches to Film Genre
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 176 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
The Multi-Protagonist Film is an insightful and provocative introduction to this important new genre.
  • Explores the origins and history of one of the most exciting new developments in contemporary film worldwide
  • Guides readers through the genre's central characteristics and conventions, as well as it's evolution and cultural relevance
  • Provides a theoretical framework that is developed through the analysis several films, including Grand Hotel, Singles, American Pie, Short Cuts, and Syriana.
  • Reveals the duality of the genre's contemporary preoccupations: the impact of globalization on human lives versus the current state of intimate affairs, the crisis of marriage, and the proliferation of sexual choices