Hollywood Hybrids - Mixing Genres in Contemporary Films

Informationen zum Autor By Ira Jaffe Klappentext Through close readings of films by U.S. filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Errol Morris, Todd Haynes, and Joel and Ethan Coen, Hollywood Hybrids studies provocative, disorienting strategies of genre mixing in contemporary cinema. The book also explores foreign parallels to U.S. hybrid cinema in films by such directors as Pedro Almodovar (Spain) and Stephen Chow (Hong Kong). Hollywood Hybrids regards genre mixing as a key creative interest motivating major filmmakers around the globe. Zusammenfassung Through close readings of films by US filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino! David Lynch! Errol Morris! and! Joel and Ethan Coen! this work studies provocative! disorienting strategies of genre mixing in contemporary cinema. It also explores foreign parallels to US hybrid cinema in films by such directors as Pedro Almodovar and Stephen Chow. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1 Fact and Fiction Chapter 3 2 Gangster and Warrior Chapter 4 3 Melodrama and Teen Romance Chapter 5 4 Tragicomic Accidents Chapter 6 5 Global Parallels Chapter 7 Bibliography Chapter 8 Selected Filmography

Product details

• Authors: Ira Jaffe, Jaffe Ira
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.10.2007
• EAN: 9780742539501
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3950-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies Series; Genre and Beyond: A Film Studi; Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism