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Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers (Routledge Key Guides)
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Product Description
From Luc Besson to Quentin Tarantino, this up-to-date guide examines the work, career and influence of some of today's most popular, original and influential cinematic voices.
Product Details
- Published on: 2002-01-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 480 pages
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From the Back Cover
Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers examines the work of some of today's most popular, original and influential cinematic voices. Each entry offers both an overview and a critique of its subject's career and works, looking at the genres in which they work and and their relationships to other films and filmmakers. It covers filmmakers drawn from diverse cinematic traditions from around the world and includes:
Luke Besson
Julie Dash
Spike Lee
Joel and Ethan Coen
Martin Scorsese
Wim Wenders
Each entry is supplemented by a filmography, references and suggestions for further reading, making Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers an indispensable guide for anyone interested in contemporay film.
About the Author
Yvonne Tasker is Professor in Film Studies at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and Action Cinema and Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture, both published by Routledge.
