Spectacle in Classical Cinemas

Musicality and Historicity in the 1930s

Tom Brown (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

278 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-85294-5 (ISBN)

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Spectacle is not often considered to be a significant part of the style of ‘classical’ cinema. Indeed, some of the most influential accounts of cinematic classicism define it virtually by the supposed absence of spectacle. Spectacle in ‘Classical’ Cinemas: Musicality and Historicity in the 1930s brings a fresh perspective on the role of the spectacular in classical sound cinema by focusing on one decade of cinema (the 1930s), in two ‘modes’ of filmmaking (musical and historical films), and in two national cinemas (the US and France). This not only brings to light the special rhetorical and affective possibilities offered by spectacular images but refines our understanding of what ‘classical’ cinema is and was.

Tom Brown is Lecturer in the Film Studies Department at King’s College London, UK

Introduction and Critical Contexts Part 1: Musicality 1. Performance Space 2. Emotional Topos 3. Entertainment and Dystopia? Part 2: Historicity 4. Monumental History 5. Spectacular Vistas and the Décor of History 6. Critical History? Conclusion

Reihe/Serie	Routledge Advances in Film Studies
Zusatzinfo	20 Halftones, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-85294-5 / 1138852945
ISBN-13	978-1-138-85294-5 / 9781138852945
Zustand	Neuware