The Great Pretenders
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-80374-135-2 (ISBN)
lt;p>This book focuses on Once (2006), Begin Again (2013), and Sing Street (2013), to date the most successful feature films by John Carney (Dublin, 1972). Drawing mainly on narrative, formalist, and genre theories of film, it presents an in-depth examination of how the formal and stylistic choices by the Irish filmmaker allow each to narrate a story in a certain, coherent way, hide its aural and visual contrivances behind a facade of realism, and engage with universal, national, and personal concerns, with each other, with other Irish and American films, and with mainstream (sub)genres, especially the backstage musical. It also explores the textual articulation of genre in each and the discrepancies between such articulation, the genre expectations set up by the promotional discourse coming from the publicity materials and events accompanying each release, and the genre labelling of each film in contemporary reviews by professional critics from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland.
Carlos Menéndez-Otero holds PhDs in English studies and in communications and journalism. He is a member of the research group «Otras Lenguas» (OLE-6) and an associate professor at the Faculties of Humanities, and Commerce, Tourism, and Social Sciences at the University of Oviedo, Spain. His main research relates to the Irish audiovisual industry and classic Hollywood and British films about Ireland and its diaspora, on which he has published over twenty papers and the volume Irlanda y los irlandeses en el cine popular (1910–1970) (2017). Other interests include Irish and Irish-American history and culture, dubbing, television series, regional television, film criticism, and ESP learning and teaching. His most recent work before the present book is the co-edited (with Raquel Serrano-González) volume Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain: Notes on a Shared History (2021), also published by Peter Lang.
Contents: Introduction – Once (2006): The Musical That Pretended It Was Not a Musical – Begin Again (2013): The Remake That Pretended It Was Not a Remake – Sing Street (2016): The Coming-of-Ager That Pretended It Was Just a Musical – Conclusion.
The Great Pretenders: Genre, Form, and Style in the Film Musicals of John Carney In this deeply fascinating account of the film musicals of John Carney, we explore the riches of story, form and aesthetics to hear and see how song occupies the spaces of nostalgia in a late modern national and transnational context where social relations have been rendered ephemeral. The Great Pretenders engages in some truly beautiful moments of textual analysis, offering us a new appreciation of the modern film musical - one that is rooted to the past, but which affectively moves us into and beyond digital dematerialisation and for what counts as authenticity. Ireland's own national imaginary is read against the grain of Hollywood, while Carney's authorship itself sits in a liminal state: his voice wet with Irish lyricism, and its notes saturated in the new conditions of modern filmmaking and social life. A brilliant book. Menendez-Otero's fascinating study of Carney's musicals delivers a wealth of research into the films' production, marketing and reception, alongside incisive commentary and critical analysis. The book ably makes the case for the significance of Carney's work in the contemporary renewal of the musical and of Irish cinema. Dr Karen McNally London Metropolitan University
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Reimagining Ireland ; 123 |
| Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Eamon Maher |
| Zusatzinfo | 18 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 380 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| Schlagworte | Carlos • Carlos Menéndez-Otero • carney • Eamon • Film • film musicals • Form • Genre • Genre, Form, and Style in the Film Musicals of John Carney • Great • Irish cinema • John • John Carney • Maher • Mason • Menéndez • Musicals • Otero • Pretenders • Style • The Great Pretenders • Tony |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80374-135-X / 180374135X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80374-135-2 / 9781803741352 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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