World cinema through global genres / William V. Costanzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costanzo, William V.

Series:

New York Academy of Sciences Ser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Film genres.

Motion pictures--Study and teaching.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (451 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

World Cinema through Global Genres introduces the complex forces of global filmmaking using the popular concept of film genre. The cluster-based organization allows students to acquire a clear understanding of core issues that apply to all films around the world. Innovative pedagogical approach that uses genres to teach the more unfamiliar subject of world cinema A cluster-based organization provides a solid framework for students to acquire a sharper understanding of core issues that apply to all films around the world A "deep focus" section in each

Contents:

World Cinema through Global Genres; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; Introduction; Unit I The Warrior Hero; Chapter 1 The Warrior Hero; The Western Hero and the Samurai; Men with Guns: The Western Hero; Men with Swords: The Samurai Tradition; Enchanted Swords and Flying Fists: Wuxia and Kung Fu; Evolution of the Wuxia Hero; Zhang Yimou's "Hero" and Chinese Aesthetics; The Kung Fu Craze Begins; Hong Kong's Movie Industry Comes of Age; Kung Fu, Wuxia, and the Aesthetics of Action; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Chinese Cinemas

The Three Chinas Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Making of a Transnational Chinese-Language Film; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up The Magnificent Seven; Questions; Notes; Further Reading and Other Media; Close-up Seven Samurai; Questions; Note; Further Reading; Close-up Sholay; Questions; Note; Further Reading; Close-up Way of the Dragon; Questions; Notes; Unit II The Weeding Film; Chapter 2 The Wedding Film; Questions of Genre and Myth; Every Girl's Dream, Every Father's Nightmare; Wedding Movies as Romantic Comedy; Best Friends, Buddies, and Other Wedding Saboteurs

Black Comedy and Dysfunctional Families: Wedding Films as Social Satire Arab Brides on the Border; Rites of Passage, Icons of Success: The Mythology of Wedding Films; Comparative Weddings 101; Towards a Definition of the Genre; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Indian Cinemas; Classical Indian Cinema; History, Politics, and the Indian Film; Native Aesthetics; Song, Saris, Dance, and Stars; Questions of Influence; Bollywood in the 1990's: Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!and Family Wedding Films; Bride and Prejudice: The Indian Diaspora and Beyond; Global Bollywood and the Wedding Myth; Notes

Further Reading Close-up My Big Fat Greek Wedding; Questions; Notes; Close-up Monsoon Wedding; Questions; Notes; Close-up The Wedding Banquet; Questions; Notes; Close-up Wedding in Galilee; Questions; Notes; Unit III The Horror Film; Chapter 3 The Horror Film; Why We Watch Horror Films: The Thrill of Fear; Vampires: The Evolution of a Monster; Gothic Ghosts and Grand Guignol Gore; Soundless Screams on Silent Screens; The 1930's: Universal's Classic Monsters; The 1940's: World War II and Horror Noir; The 1950's: Creature Features and the Cold War

The 1960's: Psychos and Zombies, Civil Rights and Vietnam The 1970's: Stalking the American Family; The 1980's: Hauntings and Howlings in the Age of Reagan; The 1990's: Postmodern Horror and Supernatural Realismat the End of the Millennium; The New Millennium: Horror to the Extreme; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Japanese Cinemas; Early History and Culture; Genres and Aesthetics; Anime; J-Horror; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up Halloween; Questions; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up Suspiria; Questions; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up The Devil's Backbone; Questions; Notes

Further Reading

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-71310-9

1-118-71291-9

1-118-71308-7

OCLC:

864414829