The Multi-Protagonist Film (eBook)

María del Mar Azcona (Autor)

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2011
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-5190-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The Multi-Protagonist Film is an insightful and provocative introduction to this important new genre. 

• Explores the origins and history of one of the most exciting new developments in contemporary film worldwide
• Guides readers through the genre’s central characteristics and conventions, as well as it's evolution and cultural relevance
• Provides a theoretical framework that is developed through the analysis several films, including Grand Hotel, Singles,  American Pie, Short Cuts, and Syriana. 
• Reveals the duality of the genre's contemporary preoccupations:  the impact of globalization on human lives versus the current state of intimate affairs, the crisis of marriage, and the proliferation of sexual choices

María del Mar Azcona teaches English and Film Studies at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. She has published articles on film genre, contemporary Hollywood cinema, and Spanish cinema, and is the author of a book on Alejandro González Iñárritu, co-written with Celestino Deleyto (2010).

Inhalt

List of Plates.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1 A Brief History of the Multi-Protagonist Film.

2 Theorizing the Multi-Protagonist Film.

3 An Early Experiment: Grand Hotel.

4 Short Cuts and the Consolidation of a Genre.

5 Adolescent Tapestries: American Pie.

6 Intimacy Multiplies: Singles.

7 Global Thrills: Syriana.

Conclusion.

References.

Index.

Rezensionen

"Azcona (Univ. of Zaragoza, Spain) has written a lovely little
study of films that depart from the typical focalization on a
single protagonist and spread their interest over a multitude of
characters. . .Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through
faculty." (Choice, 1 October 2011)



"The Multi-Protagonist Film identifies historical
branches, tracks narrative trends, and delineates stylistic
features of this increasingly influential genre. An exhilarating,
ground-breaking meditation. Kudos to Azcona!" Christine
Holmlund, University of Tennessee

"What do Grand Hotel, Short Cuts and
American Pie have in common? By arguing that they are all
"multi-protagonist films," María del Mar Azcona
offers an exciting and fresh perspective on the study of cinema
genre, making this an essential volume for film studies students
and scholars." Hilary Radner, University of Otago

"Maria del Mar Azcona has put her finger on the pulse of
late 20th century and post-Millennial culture in the phenomenon of
the multi-protagonist film. Through wide-ranging readings
across film and cultural criticism and viewings of an imporessive
repertoire of Classical and Postmodern films, Azcona has truly shed
important light on an oft-remarked, but hitherto little-understood
shift in both popular and serious cinema." David Desser,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Maria del Mar Azcona's monograph on the multi-protagonist film
is an exceptionally useful and intelligent study of a phenomenon
that has become especially important in contemporary cinema. It
gives us not only a sharp formal analysis of a variety of films,
but also some intriguing speculations about the social and economic
forces that help determine them." James Naremore, Indiana
University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.7.2011
• Reihe/Serie: New Approaches to Film Genre
• Reihe/Serie: New Approaches to Film Genre
• Reihe/Serie: New Approaches to Film Genre
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Cultural Studies • Filmtheorie • Film theory • genre, ensemble cast, multi-story, Altman, Hollywood film, film theory • Kulturwissenschaften • Medienkritik
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-5190-7 / 1444351907
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-5190-3 / 9781444351903