Men's cinema : masculinity and mise-en-scène in Hollywood / Stella Bruzzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruzzi, Stella, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

viii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2013]

Summary:

How does cinema treat and evoke masculinity? How can a film's style convey and construct notions of 'being a man'? Is there such a thing as a masculine aesthetic? Men's Cinema offers a fresh theorisation of men in Hollywood cinema via a theoretical discussion of definitions of masculinity and the close textual analysis of classic and contemporary films. Through an examination of mise en scène, Men's Cinema moves beyond discussions of representation and narrative to an exploration of the physical or instinctive effects of cinema and how we are invited to engage with, desire or identify with Hollywood's vision of men and masculinity. By delineating how Hollywood has built up and refined the language of men's cinema through a series of recurrent, refined tropes, this book critically explores masculinity and the concept of a male aesthetic within film. Films discussed include: The Deer Hunter, Dirty Harry, Goodfellas, Inception, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Once Upon a Time in the West, Point Break, Raging Bull, Rebel Without a Cause, Reservoir Dogs, Sherlock Holmes, There's Always Tomorrow, The Wild Bunch. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 How mise en scène tells the man's story 30

2 Towards a masculine aesthetic 68

3 Men's cinema 96.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-175) and index.

ISBN:

9780748676156

9780748676163

0748676163

0748676155

OCLC:

823896741