Boyhood - A Young Life on Screen

Sommario

Series Editors’ Introduction, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Chapter 1: The Child on Screen: Capturing Youth Chapter 2: An Audacious Adventure: Making the Life of Mason Chapter 3: Understanding Boyhood: The Child Becomes a Teenager Chapter 4: Understanding Boyhood: The Teenager Becomes a Man Chapter 5: The Moment of This Boy’s Life

Info autore

Timothy Shary has published seven books on the representational politics of age and gender, beginning with Generation Multiplex: The Image of Youth in Contemporary American Cinema (2002; 2014), and most recently Fade to Gray: Aging in American Cinema (2016) with Nancy McVittie. His work on youth cinema has been published in numerous books and journals since the 1990s, including The Journal of Film and Video, Film Quarterly, The Journal of Popular Culture, The Journal of Popular Film and Television, and Boyhood Studies.

Riassunto

This book traces the development of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood from its audacious concept through its tenacious production to its celebrated reception, placing it within the context of cinematic parables about children to demonstrate its distinctive vision.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Timothy Shary, Timothy (University of Oklahoma Shary, Shary Timothy
• Con la collaborazione di: Sian Lincoln (Editore della collana), Siân Lincoln (Editore della collana), Yannis Tzioumakis (Editore della collana)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367735630
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73563-0
• Pagine: 118
• Serie: Cinema and Youth Cultures
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism