Crowds, power, and transformation in cinema [[electronic resource] /] / Lesley Brill

• Autore: Brill Lesley <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.45/6552
• Soggetto topico: Crowds in motion pictures; Power (Social sciences)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-271) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Power versus Crowds""; ""1. Crowds and Power in Two Silent Films: Eisensteinâ€?s: The Battleship Potemkin and Griffithâ€?s Intolerance""; ""2. The Comedic Crowds of Preston Sturges""; ""3. The Deceitful Dead and the Triumph of Nothing: Kurosawaâ€?s: Throne of Blood""; ""4. Crowds, Isolation, and Transformation in Wellesâ€?s: Citizen Kane""; ""Part II. Predation versus Transformation""; ""5. Packs, Predators, and Love in Hitchcockâ€?s: North by Northwest"" ; ""6. “Boundaries, Burdens, and Stingsâ€?: Living as Prey in Burnettâ€?s: Killer of Sheep""""7. Changing Places: Predation, Transformation, and Identity in Demmeâ€?s: The Silence of the Lambs""; ""Concluding Thoughts""; ""Afterword: On Crowds and Power""; ""Appendix: Summary of Crowds and Power""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""
• Titolo autorizzato: Crowds, power, and transformation in cinema
• ISBN: 0-8143-3736-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792024203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series