| Description |
292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The business -- World rejects Hollywood blockbusters!? -- Live with it! there'll always be sequels. Good thing, too -- Superheroes for sale -- What won the weekend? or, how to understand box-office figures -- Snakes, no; Borat, yes: not all internet publicity is the same -- Don't knock the blockbusters -- Writing about movies -- In critical condition -- Love isn't all you need -- Do filmmakers deserve the last word? -- Crix nix variety's tics -- Film as art -- But what kind of art? -- This is your brain on movies, maybe -- Movies still matter -- Storytelling and style -- Anatomy of the action picture -- Times go by turns -- Grandmaster flashback -- Originality and origin stories -- Good actors spell good acting -- By Annie standards -- Unsteadicam chronicles -- Pausing and chortling: a tribute to Bob Clampett -- Films -- A behemoth from the dead zone -- Cronenberg's violent reversals -- The movie looks back at us -- Lessons from Babel -- Slumdogged by the past -- Rat rapture -- A welcome basterdization -- Into the future -- New media and old storytelling -- The celestial multiplex -- Take my film, please. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures.
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| Added Author |
Thompson, Kristin, 1950-
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| ISBN |
9780226066998 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0226066991 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780226066981 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0226066983 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
40019226597 |
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