Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema Cliché, Convention and the Final Couple |
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| Author:
| MacDowell, James |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7486-8017-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.