02290nam 2200577Ia 450 991082860140332120240313131311.01-4438-2469-0(CKB)2670000000327229(EBL)1114316(OCoLC)827209239(SSID)ssj0000820612(PQKBManifestationID)12370479(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820612(PQKBWorkID)10862793(PQKB)11263398(MiAaPQ)EBC1114316(Au-PeEL)EBL1114316(CaPaEBR)ebr10652804(CaONFJC)MIL496013(OCoLC)666223948(FINmELB)ELB144720(EXLCZ)99267000000032722920100927d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWit's end making sense of the great movies /by James Combs1st ed.Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars20101 online resource (372 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-2426-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-362).TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHYThis book is a study of the "Great Movies," that fluid category of feature films deemed by various authorities-film societies, critics, academics, and movie enthusiasts-to be the enduring and memorable works of cinematic history. But what are they about? In Wit's End, the author attempts to "make sense" of these films in order to understand their greatness in the context of their relation to other films and to the worlds they come from and recreate on screen. To that end, we employ the conce...Motion picturesAppreciationMotion picturesSociological aspectsMotion picturesAppreciation.Motion picturesSociological aspects.791.4301Combs James E550965MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828601403321Wit's end3962980UNINA