LEADER 02423nam 22005533u 450 001 9910780080003321 005 20230422042427.0 010 $a0-520-92402-9 010 $a1-59734-792-2 035 $a(CKB)111056485640900 035 $a(EBL)222972 035 $a(OCoLC)475926808 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000217156 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186849 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000217156 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10202214 035 $a(PQKB)11508338 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC222972 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485640900 100 $a20130418d2000|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOverhearing film dialogue /$b[electronic resource]. /$fSarah Kozloff 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-22137-0 327 $aPreliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Functions of Dialogue in Narrative Film; 2. Structural and Stylistic Variables; 3. Integration; 4. Verbal Frontiers: Dialogue in Westerns; 5. Word Play: Dialogue in Screwball Comedies; 6. Words as Weapons: Dialogue in Gangster Films; 7. Misunderstandings: Dialogue in Melodramas; Conclusion; Notes; Select Filmography; Bibliography; Index 330 $aSince the birth of cinema, film has been lauded as a visual rather than a verbal medium; this sentiment was epitomized by John Ford's assertion in 1964 that, ""When a motion picture is at its best, it is long on action and short on dialogue."" Little serious work has been done on the subject of film dialogue, yet what characters say and how they say it has been crucial to our experience and understanding of every film since the coming of sound. 606 $aDialogue in motion pictures 606 $aDialogue in motion pictures 606 $aFilm$2HILCC 606 $aMusic, Dance, Drama & Film$2HILCC 615 4$aDialogue in motion pictures. 615 0$aDialogue in motion pictures 615 7$aFilm 615 7$aMusic, Dance, Drama & Film 676 $a791.43/6 700 $aKozloff$b Sarah$0625446 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780080003321 996 $aOverhearing Film Dialogue$91731274 997 $aUNINA