Another Frank Capra / Leland Poague.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poague, Leland A., 1948-

Series:

Cambridge studies in film

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capra, Frank, 1897-1991--Criticism and interpretation.

Capra, Frank.

Capra, Frank, 1897-1991.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xviii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Summary:

Another Frank Capra offers a new interpretation of the great hollywood director beyond the patriotic sentimentalist or the cynical opportunist that he has been taken for. Often cast as a cinematic simpleton or primitive, Capra's exploitation of the stylistic and narrative resources of cinema was, in fact, extremely self-conscious and adventurous in ways typical of artistic modernism. His modernism is also evident in his repeated and strong identification with female characters. Informed by recent work in genre theory and feminist psychology, Another Frank Capra shows Capra to be a "proto-feminist" director whose feminism has been entirely neglected by previous critics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274), filmography (pages 275-279), and index.

ISBN:

0521380669

052138978X

OCLC:

30028319