LEADER 04099oam 2200613I 450 001 9910784585303321 005 20230617035410.0 010 $a1-134-56493-7 010 $a1-134-56494-5 010 $a0-203-68588-1 010 $a1-280-10275-6 010 $a0-203-64515-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203645154 035 $a(CKB)1000000000360511 035 $a(EBL)200018 035 $a(OCoLC)180696592 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000287889 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11912647 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000287889 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10372201 035 $a(PQKB)10285546 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200018 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200018 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094162 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL10275 035 $a(OCoLC)57482051 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000360511 100 $a20180331d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAction and adventure cinema /$fedited by Yvonne Tasker 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (431 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-23507-3 311 $a0-415-23506-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION : ACTION AND ADVENTURE CINEMA; History, criticism and style; 'TRAUMA THRILLS': NOTES ON EARLY ACTION CINEMA; THE 'CULTURE WAR' OF SENSATIONAL MELODRAMA, 1910-14; 'CHILD OF COMM ERCE! BASTARD OF ART!':EARLY FILM MELODRAMA; ACTION-ADVENTURE AS HOLLYWOOD GENRE; DWIGHT MACDONALD AND THE HISTORICAL EPIC; Theorising action aesthetics; 'GET READY FOR RUSH HOUR': THE CHRONOTOPE IN ACTION; THE COLLAPSE OF REALITY AND ILLUSION IN THE MATRIX; GUNS AND GAS: INVESTIGATING THE 1970S CAR CHASE FILM 327 $aSAVING PRIVATE RYAN'S 'SPECIAL AFFECT'Gender, stars, bodies; READY FOR ACTION: G.I.JANE, DEMI MOORE'S BODY AND THE FEMALE COMBAT MOVIE; MS MACHA: THE NEW LATINA ACTION HERO; BEAUTY IN MOTION: GENDER, SPECTACLE AND ACTION BABE CINEMA; BREAKDOWN: WHITE MASCULINITY, CLASS, AND US ACTION-ADVENTU RE FILMS; MAXIMUS MELODRAMATICUS: MASCULINITY, MASOCHISM AND WHITE MALE PARANOIA IN CONTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD CINEMA; THE FAMILY IN ACTION; Nation, ethnicity and stardom; THE HONG KONG/HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION: STARDOM AND SPECTACLE IN TRANSNATIONAL ACTION C I NEMA; EUROPEANS IN ACTION! 327 $aGREEK WAR FILM AS MELODRAMA: WOMEN, FEMALE STARS, AND THE NATION AS VICTIMSPAGHETTI WESTERN, GENRE CRITICISM AND NATIONAL CINEMA: RE-DEFINING THE FRAME OF REFERENCE; Action, authorship and industry; GENRE AND VIOLENCE IN THE WORK OF KUROSAWA AND PECKINPAH; THE DIRTY DOZEN: THE CONTRADICTORY NATURE OF SCREEN VIOLENCE; 'IT'S AIMED AT KIDS--THE KID IN EVERYBODY': GEORGE LUCAS, STAR WARS AND CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT; MAN'S FAVOURITE SPORT?: THE ACTION FILM S OF KATHRYN BIGELOW; 'THEY CALL ME ""ACTION WOMAN""': THE MARKETING OF MIMI LEDER AS A NEW CONCEPT IN THE HIGH CONCEPT 'ACTION' FILM; Index 330 $aThis exciting collection addresses action and adventure from the silent to the contemporary period exploring diverse questions of aesthetics, industry and ideology. Action has established itself as one of the leading commercial genres of the New Hollywood cinema, generating extensive debate in the process.Contributors consider how action might best be defined, how it has developed historically, and how it works formally. The critical reception and standing of action and adventure cinema is considered in relation to questions of national culture, violence and the 'art' of cinema. 606 $aAction and adventure films$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aAction and adventure films$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a791.43/655 701 $aTasker$b Yvonne$f1964-$0846181 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784585303321 996 $aAction and adventure cinema$93740166 997 $aUNINA