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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779322303321

Autore

Allison Deborah <1973->

Titolo

The cinema of Michael Winterbottom [[electronic resource] /] / Deborah Allison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2013

ISBN

0-7391-2586-9

1-299-15693-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Genre film auteurs

Disciplina

791.4302/330922

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Butterfly kiss: the road movie -- Jude: the heritage film -- Welcome to Sarajevo: war cinema -- Wonderland: social realist drama -- The claim: the western -- Code 46: science fiction -- The road to Guantanamo: docudrama -- The killer inside me: neo-noir -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom, by Deborah Allison, examines eight films by the contemporary British director Michael Winterbottom. This study explores the ways his inflection of established genre traditions partake in a personal, idiosyncratic style of film-making. Across a career encompassing both mainstream and art house cinema, the potency and integrity of his authorship unites films as generically diverse as the road film Butterfly Kiss, western drama <span style="