The Multi-Protagonist Film (New Approaches to Film Genre)
Book Details
Author(s)MarÃa del Mar Azcona
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN1444333933
ISBN-139781444333930
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank5,326,458
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The Multi-Protagonist Film is an insightful and provocative introduction to this important new genre.Â
- 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.Â
- 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
