Storytelling in the New Hollywood : : Understanding Classical Narrative Technique /

Storytelling in the New Hollywood : : Understanding Classical Narrative Technique / / Kristin Thompson.

In a book as entertaining as it is enlightening, Kristin Thompson offers the first in-depth analysis of Hollywood's storytelling techniques and how they are used to make complex, easily comprehensible, entertaining films. She also takes on the myth that modern Hollywood films are based on a nar...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
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Thompson, Kristin,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©1999
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Modern Classicism
  • 2 Tootsie
  • 3 Back to the Future
  • 4 The Silence of the Lambs
  • 5 Groundhog Day
  • 6 Desperately Seeking Susan
  • 7 Amadeus
  • 8 The Hunt for Red October
  • 9 Parenthood
  • 10 Alien
  • 11 Hannah and Her Sisters
  • 12 Hopes and Fears for Hollywood
  • Appendix A Large-Scale Portions of Classical Films
  • Appendix B Bombs, or What Makes Bad Films Bad?
  • Notes
  • Index

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