Another Frank Capra Paperback (Cambridge Studies in Film) - Softcover

Poague, Leland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052138978X ISBN 13: 9780521389785

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Another Frank Capra offers a new interpretation of the great Hollywood director beyond the patriotic sentimentalist or the cynical opportunist that he has been taken for. Often cast as a cinematic simpleton or primitive, Capra's exploitation of the stylistic and narrative resources of cinema was, in fact, extremely self-conscious and adventurous in ways typical of artistic modernism.

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ANOTHER FRANK CAPRA OFFERS A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE GREAT HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR BEYOND THE PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTALIST OR THE CYNICAL OPPORTUNIST THAT HE HAS BEEN TAKEN FOR. OFTEN CAST AS A CINEMATIC SIMPLETON OR PRIMITIVE, CAPRAŽS EXPLOITATION OF THE STYLISTIC AND NARRATIVE RESOURCES OF CINEMA WAS, IN FACT, EXTREMELY SELF-CONSCIOUS AND ADVENTUROUS IN WAYS TYPICAL OF ARTISTIC MODERNISM. HIS MODERNISM IS ALSO EVIDENT IN HIS REPEATED AND STRONG IDENTIFICATION WITH FEMALE CHARACTERS. INFORMED BY RECENT WORK IN GENRE THEORY AND FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY, ANOTHER FRANK CAPRA SHOWS CAPRA TO BE A ŽPROTO-FEMINISTŽ DIRECTOR WHOSE FEMINISM HAS BEEN ENTIRELY NEGLECTED BY PREVIOUS CRITICS.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 052138978X
• ISBN 13: 9780521389785
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 308