Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema (inbunden)

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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 224
Utgivningsdatum: 2014-11-28
Förlag: Edinburgh University Press
Dimensioner: 231 x 152 x 15 mm
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ISBN: 9780748699773

Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema

Name: Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema
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Author: James MacDowell
ISBN: 9780748699773

Cliché, Convention and the Final Couple

av James MacDowell

Häftad, Engelska, 2014-11-28

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The Hollywood 'happy ending' has long been considered among the most famous and standardised features in the whole of narrative filmmaking. Yet, while ceaselessly invoked, this notorious device has received barely any detailed attention from the field of film studies. This book is thus the first in-depth examination of one of the most overused and under-analysed concepts in discussions of popular cinema. What exactly is the 'happy ending'? Is it simply a cliché, as commonly supposed? Why has it earned such an unenviable reputation? What does it, or can it, mean? Concentrating especially on conclusions featuring an ultimate romantic union - the final couple - this wide-ranging investigation probes traditional associations between the 'happy ending' and homogeneity, closure, 'unrealism', and ideological conservatism, testing widespread assumptions against the evidence offered by a range of classical and contemporary films. Key Features: Defines key features of the Hollywood 'happy ending' through detailed textual analysis and theoretical debate.Traces the historical development of the scholarly approaches taken towards the cinematic 'happy ending' Reassesses the concept of cinematic closure and its relationship to genre, ideology and 'unrealism'

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James MacDowell is an Associate Fellow in the Department of Film & Television Studies at the University of Warwick, and an editorial board member of Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism. His research focuses on issues of narrative, aesthetics and culture in Hollywood and American independent cinema, and he is currently writing a book on irony in film.