Film Theory and Contemporary Hollywood MoviesWarren Buckland Routledge, 2009 M06 3 - 368 páginas Film theory no longer gets top billing or plays a starring role in film studies today, as critics proclaim that theory is dead and we are living in a post-theory moment. While theory may be out of the limelight, it remains an essential key to understanding the full complexity of cinema, one that should not be so easily discounted or discarded. In this volume, contributors explore recent popular movies through the lens of film theory, beginning with industrial-economic analysis before moving into a predominately aesthetic and interpretive framework. The Hollywood films discussed cover a wide range from 300 to Fifty First Dates, from Brokeback Mountain to Lord of the Rings, from Spider-Man 3 to Fahrenheit 9/11, from Saw to Raiders of the Lost Ark, and much more. Individual essays consider such topics as the rules that govern new blockbuster franchises, the ‘posthumanist realism’ of digital cinema, video game adaptations, increasingly restricted stylistic norms, the spatial stories of social networks like YouTube, the mainstreaming of queer culture, and the cognitive paradox behind enjoyable viewing of traumatic events onscreen. With its cast of international film scholars, Film Theory and Contemporary Hollywood Movies demonstrates the remarkable contributions theory can offer to film studies and moviegoers alike. |
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Warren Buckland. Film Theory and Contemporary Hollywood Movies EDITED BY WARREN BUCKLAND First published 2009 by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York,
... Film theory & contemporary Hollywood movies / edited by Warren Buckland. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Motion pictures—Philosophy. 2. Motion pictures—United States. I. Buckland, Warren. II. Title: Film theory ...
... Theory—the most visible and privileged of all humanities theories. But Rodowick wants to liberate theory from the scientism of cognitive and analytic approaches to film ... film theory's apparent demise: “there is no more theory because there ...
... theory. In film studies, theory has become part of the routine activity of studying the cinema. Gill Branston notes that “theory, always historically positioned, is inescapable in any considered practice” (30). Let's briefly remind ...
... films and real emotions); and make unrealistic claims. We shall consider just a few of these criticisms. To criticize film theory for its abstract, reductive concepts is to ignore its historical positioning. The initial stage of any ...