Critical method and contemporary film : reviewing the reviewers / by Christopher K. Brooks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooks, Christopher K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Film criticism.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

This volume offers film enthusiasts and teachers an investigation into what film critics do and examines what ideologies inform their evaluations. By employing recent television programs and films and comparing them to older ones, the study is able to trace changes in the methodologies of film and media critics. The work argues for the emergence of neofuturism as a chosen method of interpretation, contrasting with the dominance of postmodernism as the evaluative method through the early years of the new millennium. It also asks the questions who evaluates film and why? In doing so, the study questions the criteria for film evaluation, the validity of some reviews, and asks the question whether the evaluative system needs to change altogether.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Westerns

Business Narratives

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Adventures / Crime Dramas

Afterword

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-4041-3

OCLC:

1183030986