03000nam 2200589 a 450 991078119870332120230829001832.01-282-41737-197866124173750-313-04318-3(CKB)2550000000002870(EBL)497281(OCoLC)562539232(SSID)ssj0000344562(PQKBManifestationID)11269397(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344562(PQKBWorkID)10307012(PQKB)10221070(MiAaPQ)EBC497281(Au-PeEL)EBL497281(CaPaEBR)ebr10362582(CaONFJC)MIL241737(EXLCZ)99255000000000287020050722d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen screenwriters today[electronic resource] their lives and words /Marsha McCreadieWestport, Conn. Praeger Publishers20061 online resource (200 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-98542-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-171) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Giving Melodrama a Good Name: The Film of Sensibility; CHAPTER TWO Vets and Lifers: How They Got and Stayed In; CHAPTER THREE The New Professionals; CHAPTER FOUR Breakaway Queens and Genre Benders: Women Writers Stretching and Bending the Film Form; CHAPTER FIVE Adaptation; CHAPTER SIX The Independents: Finding a Perch, Having Their Say; CHAPTER SEVEN The Pragmatists: Moving between Film and Television; CHAPTER EIGHT The Smaller Screen-TV: A Better Fit for Women?; CHAPTER NINE The View from Abroad; CHAPTER TEN ConclusionAppendix: Brief Biographies of Women ScreenwritersNotes; Selected Bibliography; IndexThe question of whether women write from a unique perspective has been debated since the silent era. McCreadie examines how this female sensibility has been defined and whether, in fact, it exists at all. Such films as Lost in Translation and Monster suggest that women screenwriters are moving in a new direction, heading away from the big-budget action movies that dominate Hollywood today. But action-driven genre films, like the thrillers of Alexandra Seros, seem to belie the perception that women write films that are more dialogue- and character-driven than those of male screenwriters. WhetheWomen screenwritersUnited StatesBiographyMotion picture authorshipUnited StatesWomen screenwritersMotion picture authorship812/.54099287BMcCreadie Marsha1943-1475407MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781198703321Women screenwriters today3689614UNINA