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Action/Spectacle Cinema: A Sight and Sound Reader (BFI Sight & Sound Reader)

Action/Spectacle Cinema: A Sight and Sound Reader (BFI Sight & Sound Reader)
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Often dismissed as 'High Concept' or 'popcorn', movies, this most popular of contemporary genres can and should, this book asserts, be taken seriously on its own terms. In doing so, questions of aesthetics are foregrounded and evaluative criteria are explored. The volume investigates relations between contemporary action cinema and television, cartoons, comics, special effects and Theme Parks as well as the connection between related types of cinema such as neo-noir and the serial killer film.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #700807 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-05-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 288 pages

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Often dismissed as 'High Concept' or 'popcorn', movies, this most popular of contemporary genres can and should, this book asserts, be taken seriously on its own terms. In doing so, questions of aesthetics are foregrounded and evaluative criteria are explored. The volume investigates relations between contemporary action cinema and television, cartoons, comics, special effects and Theme Parks as well as the connection between related types of cinema such as neo-noir and the serial killer film.