Edition |
First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition. |
Description |
xiii, 347 pages ; 25 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Preface -- Introduction: the way we live now -- Trends. Conglomerate aesthetics: notes on the disintegration of film language -- Pirates on the iPod: the soul of a new screen -- Spectacle: The passion of the Christ, Avatar, endless summer -- digital all the time -- Independent glories. Capturing the Friedmans, Sideways, Capote, The squid and the whale, The diving bell and the butterfly, There will be blood, The hurt locker, Winter's bone -- Stars. Enduring Joan Crawford -- Fallen idols: movie stars today -- Genres. High school movies -- Chick flicks -- Romantic comedy gets knocked up: the slacker-striver comedy -- Directors. Otto Preminger -- Victor Fleming -- Pedro Almodóvar -- Clint Eastwood -- The Coen Brothers -- Quentin Tarantino -- David Fincher and The social network -- Two critics. James Agee -- Pauline Kael -- An opening to the future? Mumblecore -- Terrence Malick's insufferable masterpiece -- Rise of the planet of the apes. |
Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion picture industry -- Technological innovations.
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Film criticism -- United States.
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ISBN |
9781416599470 hardcover |
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1416599479 hardcover |
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9781416599487 paperback |
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1416599487 paperback |
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9781439110096 (ebook) |
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1439110093 (ebook) |
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