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.
| ISBN: | 9780851707174 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 1999 |
| Author: | Rick Altman |
| Publisher: | BFI an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism |
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.
Film/genre features in the following genres: Film history, theory or criticism
Film/genre is available in Paperback
Film/genre was written by Rick Altman and published by BFI an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
Film/genre has 256 pages
£29.69