Hollywood Hybrids Mixing Genres in Contemporary Films |
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| Author:
| Jaffe, Ira |
| Series title: | Genre and Beyond: a Film Studies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-3950-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2007 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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Through close readings of films by U.S. filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Errol Morris, Todd Haynes, and Joel and Ethan Coen, Hollywood Hybrids studies provocative, disorienting strategies of genre mixing in contemporary cinema. The book also explores foreign parallels to U.S. hybrid cinema in films by such directors as Pedro Almodovar (Spain) and Stephen Chow (Hong Kong). Hollywood Hybrids regards genre mixing as a key creative interest motivating major filmmakers...
More DescriptionThrough close readings of films by U.S. filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Errol Morris, Todd Haynes, and Joel and Ethan Coen, Hollywood Hybrids studies provocative, disorienting strategies of genre mixing in contemporary cinema. The book also explores foreign parallels to U.S. hybrid cinema in films by such directors as Pedro Almodovar (Spain) and Stephen Chow (Hong Kong). Hollywood Hybrids regards genre mixing as a key creative interest motivating major filmmakers around the globe.