Off key : when film and music won't work together / Kay Dickinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickinson, Kay, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures and music.

Motion picture music--History and criticism.

Motion picture music.

Culture in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

An Overture. One. The Status and the Potential of Film-Music That. "Doesn't Work". Two. "The Motion Picture You're About to See is a Story. of Music": The Migration of Cinema into Rock 'n' Roll. Three. "It's Not Only Trivial, It's Bad, Vulgar": Ken. Russell's Composer Biopics and the Uneasy Realignment of. Work and Culture. Four. Troubling Synthesis: The Horrific Sights and. Incompatible Sounds of "Video Nasties". Five. Pop Stars Who "Can't Act" and the Limits of. Celebrity "Flexibility". The Problems of Conclusion

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; An Overture; 1 The Status and the Potential of Film-Music That "Doesn't Work"; 2 "The Motion Picture You're About to See Is a Story of Music": The Migration of Cinema into Rock 'n' Roll; 3 "It's Not Only Trivial, It's Bad, Vulgar": Ken Russell's Composer Biopics and the Uneasy Realignment of Work and Culture; 4 Troubling Synthesis: The Horrific Sights and Incompatible Sounds of "Video Nasties"; 5 Pop Stars Who Can't Act and the Limits of Celebrity "Flexibility"; The Problems of Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-242) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-029614-3

1-281-34215-7

9786611342159

0-19-972422-9

1-4356-4209-0

OCLC:

476243599