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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827413303321

Autore

McElhaney Joe <1957->

Titolo

The death of classical cinema : Hitchcock, Lang, Minnelli / / Joe McElhaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7914-8111-5

1-4294-1366-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

SUNY series, horizons of cinema

Disciplina

791.4302/33092273

Soggetti

Motion picture industry - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- The Death of Classical Cinema -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Writing the History of Classical Cinema -- 1. Dr. Mabuse, The Cliché: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse -- 2. Fascination and Rape: Marnie -- 3. Staging the Death of the Director: Two Weeks in Another Town -- Conclusion: Or The Death of Cinema Is No Solution -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- E -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

A study of three classical filmmakers and the films they made at the cusp of the modernist movement in cinema.