Spectacle is not often considered to be a significant part of the style of ‘classical’ cinema. Indeed, some of the most influential accounts of cinematic classicism define it virtually by the supposed absence of spectacle. Spectacle in ‘Classical’ Cinemas: Musicality and Historicity in the 1930s brings a fresh perspective on the role of the spectacular in classical sound cinema by focusing on one decade of cinema (the 1930s), in two ‘modes’ of filmmaking (musical and historical films), and in two national cinemas (the US and France).
This not only brings to light the special rhetorical and affective possibilities offered by spectacular images but refines our understanding of what ‘classical’ cinema is and was.
| ISBN: | 9781138548718 |
| Publication date: | 13th February 2018 |
| Author: | Tom Brown |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 278 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Film Studies |
| Genres: |
Media studies Film history, theory or criticism |
Spectacle is not often considered to be a significant part of the style of ‘classical’ cinema. Indeed, some of the most influential accounts of cinematic classicism define it virtually by the supposed absence of spectacle.
Spectacle in Classical Cinemas features in the following genres: Media studies, Film history, theory or criticism
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Spectacle in Classical Cinemas was written by Tom Brown and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Spectacle in Classical Cinemas has 278 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Advances in Film Studies series
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