Classical Hollywood narrative : the paradigm wars / edited by Jane Gaines.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gaines, Jane, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

vi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1992.

Summary:

Since the 1970s film studies has been dominated by a basic paradigm--the concept of classical Hollywood cinema--that is, the protagonist-driven narrative, valued for the way it achieves closure by neatly answering all of the enigmas it raises.

Notes:

Originally published as vol. 88, no. 2 (spring 1989), of South Atlantic quarterly. With additional chapters and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

082231276X

0822312999

OCLC:

25832756