World Cinema Through Global Genres

Informationen zum Autor William Costanzo is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of English and Film at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York, where he teaches courses in writing, literature, and film studies. Dr. Costanzo has previously published five books on film, writing, and computers, including Reading the Movies (1992), Great Films and How to Teach Them (2004) and The Writer's Eye (2008). He currently serves on the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Teaching Committee. Klappentext World Cinema through Global Genres offers a new response to recent trends in internationalism that shape the increasingly global character of movies. Costanzo is able to render the complex forces of global filmmaking accessible to students; instead of tracing the long histories of cinema country by country, this innovative textbook uses engaging, recent films like Hero (China), Monsoon Wedding (India), and Central Station (Brazil) as entry points, linking them to comparable American and European films. The book's cluster-based organization allows students to acquire a progressively sharper understanding of core issues about genre, aesthetics, industry, culture, history, film theory, and representation that apply to all films around the world.Students are empowered to look through the lens of genre for reasons behind the similarities and differences among movies made at home and abroad. They come to understand how today's films are part of a dynamic world phenomenon, drawing on local traditions and foreign influences to meet the needs and desires of an increasingly multicultural, globally conscious audience. By studying the cultural flows and cross-currents shaping global genres, readers form a deeper appreciation not only of the films and their stories, but also of the people, societies, and beliefs behind these films.Online resources for instructors, including sample syllabi, lesson plans, student assignments and filmographies, can be found at www.wiley.com/go/costanzo. Zusammenfassung World Cinema through Global Genres introduces the complex forces of global filmmaking using the popular concept of film genre. The cluster-based organization allows students to acquire a clear understanding of core issues that apply to all films around the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ixAcknowledgments xiiiHow to Use This Book xvIntroduction 1UNIT I THE WARRIOR HERO 43Chapter 1: The Warrior Hero 45Deep Focus on Chinese Cinemas 79Close-up: The Magnificent Seven 100Close-up: Seven Samurai 106Close-up: Sholay 113Close-up: Way of the Dragon 118UNIT II THE WEDDING FILM 125Chapter 2: The Wedding Film 127Deep Focus on Indian Cinemas 159Close-up: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 181Close-up: Monsoon Wedding 187Close-up: The Wedding Banquet 192Close-up: Wedding in Galilee 197UNIT III THE HORROR FILM 203Chapter 3: The Horror Film 205Deep Focus on Japanese Cinemas 254Close-up: Halloween 270Close-up: Suspiria 276Close-up: The Devil's Backbone 282Close-up: Ring 287UNIT IV THE ROAD MOVIE 293Chapter 4: The Road Movie 295Deep Focus on Latin American Cinemas 335Close-up: Thelma & Louise 368Close-up: La Strada 374Close-up: Breathless 379Close-up: The Motorcycle Diaries 386Glossary 392Index 406...

List of contents

Preface ix
 
Acknowledgments xiii
 
How to Use This Book xv
 
Introduction 1
 
UNIT I THE WARRIOR HERO 43
 
Chapter 1: The Warrior Hero 45
 
Deep Focus on Chinese Cinemas 79
 
Close-up: The Magnificent Seven 100
 
Close-up: Seven Samurai 106
 
Close-up: Sholay 113
 
Close-up: Way of the Dragon 118
 
UNIT II THE WEDDING FILM 125
 
Chapter 2: The Wedding Film 127
 
Deep Focus on Indian Cinemas 159
 
Close-up: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 181
 
Close-up: Monsoon Wedding 187
 
Close-up: The Wedding Banquet 192
 
Close-up: Wedding in Galilee 197
 
UNIT III THE HORROR FILM 203
 
Chapter 3: The Horror Film 205
 
Deep Focus on Japanese Cinemas 254
 
Close-up: Halloween 270
 
Close-up: Suspiria 276
 
Close-up: The Devil's Backbone 282
 
Close-up: Ring 287
 
UNIT IV THE ROAD MOVIE 293
 
Chapter 4: The Road Movie 295
 
Deep Focus on Latin American Cinemas 335
 
Close-up: Thelma & Louise 368
 
Close-up: La Strada 374
 
Close-up: Breathless 379
 
Close-up: The Motorcycle Diaries 386
 
Glossary 392
 
Index 406

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"A wonderful textbook as well as a scholarly tour-de-force. Costanzo brings new meaning to the concept of global genres and offers up examples that convincingly demonstrate cinematic border crossings and cultural connections amongst far-flung places."
--David Desser, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
 
"Costanzo revitalizes both world cinema and genre studies with his stimulating, insightful cross cultural approach to warrior heroes, wedding films, horror and road movies. It's a well-written, scholarly work that's as inventive as it is enjoyable."
--Diane Carson, Past President, University Film and Video Assn (UFVA)
 
"William Costanzo has cut the clearest path yet through the forest of World Cinema. Key genres take us confidently place to place, era to era; while maps, timelines, and surveys of national industries position a rich array of films, many analyzed with real mastery."
--Dudley Andrew, Professor of Film and Comparative Literature, Yale University, USA

Product details

• Authors: William V Costanzo, William V. Costanzo, William V. (Westchester Community Colleg Costanzo, William V. (Westchester Community College Costanzo, Wv Costanzo, Costanzo William V.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2014
• EAN: 9781118712917
• ISBN: 978-1-118-71291-7
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Film, Kulturwissenschaften, Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Filmforschung