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Syn-Thèses, 2023 The modern era is characterized by a continuous and an evolving pluralism in terms of genres, in all forms of art. This pluralism is particularly noticeable in cinema, where - due to the technological progress - it creates new genres or leads to the ...
Eleftheria Dimitromanolaki
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'From grade B thrillers to deluxe chillers': prestige horror, female audiences, and allegories of spectatorship in The Spiral Staircase (1946) [PDF]
, 2009 This paper examines the prestige ‘shocker’ The Spiral Staircase (1946), suggesting that it challenges the perception of the decline in quality in the horror genre in the 1940s, as well as assumptions in scholarship that the genre has historically been ...
Snelson, Tim
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The Pleasures of Polyglossia in Emirati Cinema: Focus on From A to B and Abdullah [PDF]
, 2016 Polyglot films highlight the coexistence of multiple languages at the level of dialogue and narration. Even the notoriously monolingual Hollywood film industry has recently seen an increase in polyglot productions.
Doris Hambuch
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Effects of the dominant in Secret Window. [PDF]
, 2008 This paper seeks to identify and examine 'problematic' aesthetic strategies in David Koepp's Secret Window (2004). Arguing that the film fits into a specific 'puzzle film' category favouring self-deceiving protagonists and surprise twists, the paper ...
Bettinson, Gary
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Genre and Discourse (and Zombies), an Introduction in Pictures
The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, 2015 This five-page comic, contextualised with a research note, provides an introduction to discursive approaches to genre, inspired by Rick Altman’s Film/Genre (1999).
Nicolas Labarre
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Towards a narrative definition of the American political thriller film
Communication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad), 2015 The Hollywood political thriller is a film genre of unique relevance in the United States, often acting as a reflection of the fears and anxieties of its historical times.
Pablo Echart, Pablo Castrillo
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Dancing in the sun: The musical as touristic hook in ‘Honeymoon’
NECSUS, 2015 The British/Spanish co-production Honeymoon (Luna de miel, Michael Powell, 1959) is a curious case of an export for foreign audiences that won the Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival yet was a commercial failure.
Lidia Merás, Sarah Wright
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Of Godfathers and Markets: The Politics of (the) American Gangster
Atlantis, 2020 This article closely examines the film American Gangster (2007) as a reinterpretation of the gangster film in light of neoliberalism. Deploying a critical framework underpinned by cultural and film genre studies, I argue the film revisits key tropes and ...
Fabián Orán Llarena
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Stereotip Dunia Ketiga dalam Film Bride and Prejudice
Buletin Al-Turas, 2016 The focus of this research is to expose the representation of the Third World (India) in a transnational film, Bride and Prejudice. By using the theory of representation and some concepts in postcolonial studies, the representation of the Third World are
Inayatul Chusna
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SpectrumA film poster is an integral part of the promotion and marketing of an upcoming film. It encapsulates the essence of the film and is used in theatres, DVDs, and advertisements.
Sneha Pooranalingam
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