The Jaws book : new perspectives on the classic summer blockbuster / edited by I.Q. Hunter and Matthew Melia ; foreword by Carl Gottlieb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hunter, I. Q., 1964- editor.

Gottlieb, Carl, writer of foreword.

Melia, Matthew, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thrillers (Motion pictures)--United States--History and criticism.

Thrillers (Motion pictures).

Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Production and direction--United States.

Horror films--United States--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Action and adventure films--United States--History and criticism.

Action and adventure films.

Jaws (Motion picture : 1975).

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"After 45 years, Steven Spielberg's Jaws remains the definitive summer blockbuster, a cultural phenomenon with a fierce and dedicated fan base. The Jaws Book: New Perspectives on the Classic Summer Blockbuster is an exciting illustrated collection of new critical essays that offers the first detailed and comprehensive overview of the film's significant place in cinema history. Bringing together established and young scholars, the book includes contributions from leading international writers on popular cinema including Murray Pomerance, Peter Krämer, Sheldon Hall, Nigel Morris and Linda Ruth Williams, and covers such diverse topics as the film's release, reception and canonicity; its representation of masculinity and children; the use of landscape and the ocean; its status as a western; sequels and fan-edits; and its galvanizing impact on the horror film, action movie and contemporary Hollywood itself."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

'She was the first' : the place of Jaws in American film history / Peter Krämer

Not the first : myths of Jaws / Sheldon Hall

Cutting to the chase : editing Jaws / Warren Buckland

'The shark is not working' - but the music is : scoring a hit with Jaws / Emilio Audissino

In the teeth of criticism : forty-five years of Jaws / Nigel Morris

Jaws, in theory / Murray Pomerance

Jaws as Jewish / Nathan Abrams

Children as bait / Linda Ruth Williams

Reflexive epistemology in Jaws and Jurassic Park / Robert Geal

'We delivered the bomb' : on Jaws, guilt, and the atomic myth / Matthew Leggatt

The way home : shifting perspectives in Jaws / Daniel Varndell

Relocating the Western in Jaws / Matthew Melia

'Just when you thought it was safe...' : the Jaws sequels / Kathleen Loock

Martha's Vineyard revisited : the making-ofs and their narrative strategies / Felix Lempp

Ben Gardner's head is missing : notes on Jaws : the sharksploitation edit / Neil Jackson

Live every week like it's shark week : Jaws and natural history documentary / Vincent Campbell.

Notes:

Bloomsbury Academic

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 23, 2021).

ISBN:

9781501373862

OCLC:

1224296013