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The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom
Genre Film Auteurs
48,99 € |
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Verlag: | Lexington Books |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 06.11.2012 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9780739125861 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 232 |
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<span><span><span>Acclaimed British director Michael Winterbottom is renowned for the abundance and diversity of his output. His films span a wide range of genres in art house and mainstream cinema alike, from the heritage film to neo-noir. Working with different genres gives Winterbottom a framework in which to explore favored themes, while incorporating new ideas and taking on new challenges. At the same time, his manner of undermining familiar generic qualities and frustrating audience expectations also refreshes the genres he explores. In </span><span>The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom</span><span>, Deborah Allison investigates Winterbottom’s contributions to contemporary cinema, using ideas of genre as a critical tool. Focusing on eight films, Allison examines the ways he adopts, inflects, and challenges the main attributes of the films’ associated genres, enriching a highly personal and idiosyncratic style of filmmaking. The potency and integrity of his authorship unites films as generically diverse as the road movie </span><span>Butterfly Kiss</span><span>, western drama </span><span>The Claim</span><span>, sci-fi romance </span><span>Code 46</span><span>, and docudrama </span><span>The Road to Guantanamo</span><span>.</span></span><br><span></span></span>
<span><span><span>The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom</span><span>, by Deborah Allison, examines eight films by the contemporary British director Michael Winterbottom. This study explores the ways his inflection of established genre traditions partake in a personal, idiosyncratic style of film-making. Across a career encompassing both mainstream and art house cinema, the potency and integrity of his authorship unites films as generically diverse as the road film </span><span>Butterfly Kiss</span><span>, western drama </span><span>The Claim</span><span>, science fiction movie </span><span>Code 46</span><span>, and docudrama </span><span>The Road to Guantanamo</span><span>. </span></span><br><span></span></span>
<span><span><span>Introduction</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter One. </span><span>Butterfly Kiss</span><span>: The Road Movie</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter Two. </span><span>Jude</span><span>: The Heritage Film</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter Three. </span><span>Welcome to Sarajevo</span><span>: War Cinema</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter Four. </span><span>Wonderland</span><span>: Social Realist Drama</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter Five. </span><span>The Claim</span><span>: The Western</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter Six. </span><span>Code 46</span><span>: Science Fiction</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter Seven. </span><span>The Road to Guantanamo</span><span>: Docudrama</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter Eight. </span><span>The Killer Inside Me</span><span>: Neo-Noir</span></span><br><span><span>Conclusion</span></span><br><span><span>Filmography</span></span></span>
<span><span><span>Deborah Allison</span><span> is a London-based cinema programmer. She holds a doctorate in film studies from the University of East Anglia, and her writing has appeared in more than a dozen books and journals, including </span><span>Film Criticism</span><span>, </span><span>Film Quarterly</span><span>, </span><span>Senses of Cinema</span><span>, </span><span>Screen</span><span>, </span><span>Scope</span><span> and </span><span>The Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film</span><span>.</span></span></span>