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Acting Indie - Industry, Aesthetics, and Performance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Cynthia Baron, Yannis Tzioumakis Acting Indie - Industry, Aesthetics, and Performance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Cynthia Baron, Yannis Tzioumakis
R3,563 Discovery Miles 35 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book illustrates the many ways that actors contribute to American independent cinema. Analyzing industrial developments, it examines the impact of actors as writers, directors, and producers, and as stars able to attract investment and bring visibility to small-scale productions. Exploring cultural-aesthetic factors, the book identifies the various traditions that shape narrative designs, casting choices, and performance styles. The book offers a genealogy of industrial and aesthetic practices that connects independent filmmaking in the studio era and the 1960s and 1970s to American independent cinema in its independent, indie, indiewood, and late-indiewood forms. Chapters on actors' involvement in the evolution of American independent cinema as a sector alternate with chapters that show how traditions such as naturalism, modernism, postmodernism, and Third Cinema influence films and performances.

Precious - Identity, Adaptation and the African-American Youth Film: Katherine Whitehurst Precious - Identity, Adaptation and the African-American Youth Film
Katherine Whitehurst; Series edited by Sian Lincoln, Yannis Tzioumakis
R618 Discovery Miles 6 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Examining how the discourses of youth, race, poverty and identity take shape when Push is adapted to the big screen, this book brings together valuable research to delve into representations of African-American girlhood. The book draws attention to how Black girlhood takes shape in the film under the dominant White discourses that racialise non-White bodies, and examines how these discourses inform a critical reception of the film and Precious, as a Black girl. Through a consideration of Black culture and heritage, it questions what narratives of girlhood, growth and development are afforded to the main character, in a film that is informed by neoliberal and colour-blind discourses. Highlighting the social context in which Precious was received, the book draws attention to how a discussion of Precious in the critical press gives insight into the racial politics that were dominant at the time of the film’s release. It considers whether race impacts how the film engages with, reflects and moves beyond conventions within the genre of youth film. Concise and engaging, this vital book sheds light on underrepresented areas of film studies that make it an invaluable resource for students and scholars of film, race and youth cultures.

The Hollywood Renaissance - Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era (Hardcover): Yannis Tzioumakis, Peter Kramer The Hollywood Renaissance - Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era (Hardcover)
Yannis Tzioumakis, Peter Kramer
R4,371 Discovery Miles 43 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In December 1967, Time magazine put Bonnie and Clyde on its cover and proudly declared that Hollywood cinema was undergoing a 'renaissance'. For the next few years, a wide range of formally and thematically challenging films were produced at the very centre of the American film industry, often (but by no means always) combining success at the box office with huge critical acclaim, both then and later. This collection brings together acknowledged experts on American cinema to examine thirteen key films from the years 1966 to 1974, starting with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a major studio release which was in effect exempted from Hollywood's Production Code and thus helped to liberate American filmmaking from (self-)censorship. Long-standing taboos to do with sex, violence, race relations, drugs, politics, religion and much else could now be broken, often in conjunction with extensive stylistic experimentation. Whereas most previous scholarship has examined these developments through the prism of auteurism, with its tight focus on film directors and their oeuvres, the contributors to this collection also carefully examine production histories and processes. In doing so they pay particular attention to the economic underpinnings and collaborative nature of filmmaking, the influence of European art cinema as well as of exploitation, experimental and underground films, and the connections between cinema and other media (notably publishing, music and theatre). Several chapters show how the innovations of the Hollywood Renaissance relate to further changes in American cinema from the mid-1970s onwards.

Indie TV - Industry, Aesthetics and Medium Specificity (Paperback): James Lyons, Yannis Tzioumakis Indie TV - Industry, Aesthetics and Medium Specificity (Paperback)
James Lyons, Yannis Tzioumakis
R1,114 Discovery Miles 11 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited collection is the first book to offer a wide-ranging examination of the interface between American independent film and a converged television landscape that consists of terrestrial broadcasters, cable networks and streaming providers, in which independent film and television intersect in complex, multifaceted and creative ways. The book covers the long history of continuities and connections between the two sectors, as seen in the activities of PBS, HBO or Sundance. It considers the movement of filmmakers between indie film and TV such as Steven Soderberg, Rian Johnson, the Duplass brothers, Joe Swanberg, Lynn Shelton and Gregg Araki; details the confluence of aesthetic and thematic elements seen in shows such as Girls, Breaking Bad, Master of None, or Glow; points to a shared interest in regional sensibilities evident in shows like One Mississippi or Fargo; and makes the case for documentaries and web series as significant entities in this domain. Collectively, the book builds a compelling picture of indie TV as a significant feature of US screen entertainment in the twenty-first century. This interdisciplinary landmark volume will be a go-to reference for students and scholars of Television Studies, Film Studies and Media Studies.

Indie TV - Industry, Aesthetics and Medium Specificity (Hardcover): James Lyons, Yannis Tzioumakis Indie TV - Industry, Aesthetics and Medium Specificity (Hardcover)
James Lyons, Yannis Tzioumakis
R3,699 Discovery Miles 36 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited collection is the first book to offer a wide-ranging examination of the interface between American independent film and a converged television landscape that consists of terrestrial broadcasters, cable networks and streaming providers, in which independent film and television intersect in complex, multifaceted and creative ways. The book covers the long history of continuities and connections between the two sectors, as seen in the activities of PBS, HBO or Sundance. It considers the movement of filmmakers between indie film and TV such as Steven Soderberg, Rian Johnson, the Duplass brothers, Joe Swanberg, Lynn Shelton and Gregg Araki; details the confluence of aesthetic and thematic elements seen in shows such as Girls, Breaking Bad, Master of None, or Glow; points to a shared interest in regional sensibilities evident in shows like One Mississippi or Fargo; and makes the case for documentaries and web series as significant entities in this domain. Collectively, the book builds a compelling picture of indie TV as a significant feature of US screen entertainment in the twenty-first century. This interdisciplinary landmark volume will be a go-to reference for students and scholars of Television Studies, Film Studies and Media Studies.

American Pie - The Anatomy of Vulgar Teen Comedy (Paperback): Bill Osgerby American Pie - The Anatomy of Vulgar Teen Comedy (Paperback)
Bill Osgerby; Series edited by Sian Lincoln, Yannis Tzioumakis
R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

American Pie represents the most commercially successful example of the vulgar teen comedy, and this book analyses the film's development, audience-appeal and cultural significance. American Pie (1999) is a film that exemplifies that most disparaged of movie genres - the vulgar teen comedy. Largely aimed at young audiences, the vulgar teen comedy is characterised by a brazenly over-the-top humour rooted in the salacious, the scatological and the squirmingly tasteless. In this book, consideration is given to the relationship between American Pie's success and broad shifts within both the youth market and the film business. Attention is also given to the film's representations of youth, gender and sexuality, together with the distinctive character of its comedy and the enduring place of such humour in contemporary popular culture. While chiefly focusing on the original American Pie movie, the book also considers the development of the franchise, with discussion of the movie's three sequels and four direct-to-DVD releases. The book also charts the history, nature and appeal of vulgar teen comedy as a whole, providing the first concerted analysis of this generally overlooked category of youth film. Clear, concise and comprehensive, the book is ideal for students, scholars and general readership worldwide.

The Breakfast Club - John Hughes, Hollywood, and the Golden Age of the Teen Film (Paperback): Sian Lincoln, Yannis Tzioumakis The Breakfast Club - John Hughes, Hollywood, and the Golden Age of the Teen Film (Paperback)
Sian Lincoln, Yannis Tzioumakis; Elissa Nelson
R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Breakfast Club is a quintessential teen film. This book analyzes how multiple factors coalesced to solidify the status of The Breakfast Club as one of the most emblematic films of the 1980s and one of the most definitive teen films of the genre. The film brings together genre-defining elements - the conflicts between generations and peer pressure, archetypical characters and breaking down stereotypes, the celebration and survival of adolescence, and the importance of this time in life on the coming-of-age process - and became a significant moment for John Hughes as an auteur and for teen films in the 1980s. More than just embodying these elements of the genre, filmmaker Hughes and the Brat Pack stars helped introduce and popularize multiple generic features that would come to be expected with the teen film formula. The content of the film combined with its context of production in the middle of a boom in teen filmmaking in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the marketing that focused on contemporary music, peer group dynamics, and oppositions between Generation X and baby boomers, merged with an enthusiastic reception by youth audiences. Its endurance speaks to the way the film's level of importance as a critical, commercial, and influential film with tremendous impact has grown since its initial debut.

The Hunger Games - Spectacle, Risk and the Girl Action Hero (Paperback): Catherine Driscoll, Alexandra Heatwole The Hunger Games - Spectacle, Risk and the Girl Action Hero (Paperback)
Catherine Driscoll, Alexandra Heatwole; Series edited by Yannis Tzioumakis, Sian Lincoln
R652 Discovery Miles 6 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 2012 film The Hunger Games and its three sequels, appearing quickly over the following three years, represent one of the most successful examples of the contemporary popularity of youth-oriented speculative film and television series. This book considers "The Hunger Games" as an intertextual field centred on this blockbuster film franchise but also encompassing the successful novels that preceded them and the merchandised imagery and the critical and fan discourse that surrounds them. It explores the place of The Hunger Games in the history of youth-oriented cinema; in the history of speculative fiction centred on adolescents; in a network of continually evolving and tightly connected popular genres; and in the popular history of changing ideas about girlhood from which a successful action hero like Katniss Everdeen could emerge.

Clueless - American Youth in the 1990s (Hardcover): Lesley Speed Clueless - American Youth in the 1990s (Hardcover)
Lesley Speed; Series edited by Sian Lincoln, Yannis Tzioumakis
R1,790 Discovery Miles 17 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Clueless: American Youth in the 1990s is a timely contribution to the increasingly prominent academic field of youth film studies. The book draws on the social context to the film's release, a range of film industry perspectives including marketing, audience reception and franchising, as well as postmodern theory and feminist film theory to assert the cultural and historical significance of Amy Heckerling's film and reaffirm its reputation as one of the defining teen films of the 1990s. Lesley Speed examines how the film channels aspects of Anita Loos' 1925 novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the 1960s television series Gidget and Jane Austen's Emma, to present a heightened, optimistic view of contemporary American teenage life. Although seemingly apolitical, Speed makes the case for Clueless as a feminist exploration of relationships between gender, comedy and consumer culture, centring on a contemporary version of the 'dumb blonde' type. The film is also proved to embrace diversity in its depiction of African American characters and contributing to an increase in gay teenagers on screen. Lesley Speed concludes her analysis by tracking the rise of the Clueless franchise and cult following. Both helped to cement the film in popular consciousness, inviting fans to inhabit its fantasy world through spinoff narratives on television and in print, public viewing rituals, revivalism and vintage fashion.

American Independent Cinema - indie, indiewood and beyond (Paperback, New): Geoff King, Claire Molloy, Yannis Tzioumakis American Independent Cinema - indie, indiewood and beyond (Paperback, New)
Geoff King, Claire Molloy, Yannis Tzioumakis
R1,328 Discovery Miles 13 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The American independent sector has attracted much attention in recent years, an upsurge of academic work on the subject being accompanied by wider public debate. But many questions remain about how exactly independence should be defined and how its relationship might be understood with other parts of the cinematic landscape, most notably the Hollywood studios. Edited and written by leading authors in the field, " American Independent Cinema: indie, indiewood and beyond" offers an examination of the field through four sections that range in focus from broad definitions to close focus on particular manifestations of independence. A wide variety of examples are included but within a framework that offers insights into how these are related to one another.

More specifically this collection offers:

  • an account of recent developments as well as reviewing, reassessing and revising a number of central positions, approaches and arguments relating to various parts of the independent and/or indie sector.
  • Individual case studies that range from the distinctive qualities of the work of established quality filmmakers such as Wes Anderson, Steven Soderbergh and Rebecca Miller to studies of horror genre production at the more disreputable end of the independent spectrum.
  • Examples of the limits of independence available in some cases within Hollywood, including studies of the work of Stanley Kubrick and Hal Ashby.
  • Case studies of under-researched areas in the margins of American independent cinema, including the Disney nature films and Christian evangelical filmmaking.
  • A number of wider overview chapters that examine contemporary American independent cinema from a number of perspectives.

Together, the chapters in the collection offer a unique contribution to the study of independent film in the United States.

Contributors: Warren Buckland, Philip Drake, Mark Gallagher, Geoff King, Peter Kramer, Novotny Lawrence, James MacDowell, Claire Molloy, Michael Z. Newman, Alisa Perren, James Russell, Thomas Schatz, Michele Schreiber, Janet Staiger, Yannis Tzioumakis, Sarah Wharton"

American Independent Cinema - indie, indiewood and beyond (Hardcover, New): Geoff King, Claire Molloy, Yannis Tzioumakis American Independent Cinema - indie, indiewood and beyond (Hardcover, New)
Geoff King, Claire Molloy, Yannis Tzioumakis
R3,982 Discovery Miles 39 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The American independent sector has attracted much attention in recent years, an upsurge of academic work on the subject being accompanied by wider public debate. But many questions remain about how exactly independence should be defined and how its relationship might be understood with other parts of the cinematic landscape, most notably the Hollywood studios. Edited and written by leading authors in the field, " American Independent Cinema: indie, indiewood and beyond" offers an examination of the field through four sections that range in focus from broad definitions to close focus on particular manifestations of independence. A wide variety of examples are included but within a framework that offers insights into how these are related to one another.

More specifically this collection offers:

  • an account of recent developments as well as reviewing, reassessing and revising a number of central positions, approaches and arguments relating to various parts of the independent and/or indie sector.
  • Individual case studies that range from the distinctive qualities of the work of established quality filmmakers such as Wes Anderson, Steven Soderbergh and Rebecca Miller to studies of horror genre production at the more disreputable end of the independent spectrum.
  • Examples of the limits of independence available in some cases within Hollywood, including studies of the work of Stanley Kubrick and Hal Ashby.
  • Case studies of under-researched areas in the margins of American independent cinema, including the Disney nature films and Christian evangelical filmmaking.
  • A number of wider overview chapters that examine contemporary American independent cinema from a number of perspectives.

Together, the chapters in the collection offer a unique contribution to the study of independent film in the United States.

Contributors: Warren Buckland, Philip Drake, Mark Gallagher, Geoff King, Peter Kr mer, Novotny Lawrence, James MacDowell, Claire Molloy, Michael Z. Newman, Alisa Perren, James Russell, Thomas Schatz, Michele Schreiber, Janet Staiger, Yannis Tzioumakis, Sarah Wharton

L'Auberge espagnole - European Youth on Film (Paperback): Ben McCann L'Auberge espagnole - European Youth on Film (Paperback)
Ben McCann; Series edited by Sian Lincoln, Yannis Tzioumakis
R652 Discovery Miles 6 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Part romantic comedy, part sitcom, part social drama, L'Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment) recounts a familiar 'youth' ritual - the move from university to 'the real world', the often complicated personal, romantic and cultural encounters that ensue, and the moral uncertainties that characterize that key biological and physiological developmental stage between adolescence and adulthood. French director Cedric Klapisch showcases the extraordinary colour and beauty of Barcelona's architecture, and places his hero Xavier at the heart of this smartly written film, which makes a series of wry observations on educational exchange programmes, multi-culturalism, and the direction European youth might take in the twenty-first century. This book addresses the topic of Europe's youth generation, paying particular attention to the ways in which the film depicts the transition from adolescence to adulthood as allegory for the experiences of European society as it moves through periods of readjustment towards uncertain futures. It also looks into the ecosystem of contemporary French cinema, the Erasmus programme and its influence on youth experience, and identity politics in relation to 'nationhood' and 'European-ness'. The book also examines the two sequels to the film - Russian Dolls (2005) and Chinese Puzzle (2013) - and how the complications faced by the main characters across the trilogy suggest that the move to adulthood is a never-ending process of growing up and reaching a level of self-actualization.

Grease - Gender, Nostalgia and Youth Consumption in the Blockbuster Era (Paperback): Yannis Tzioumakis Grease - Gender, Nostalgia and Youth Consumption in the Blockbuster Era (Paperback)
Yannis Tzioumakis; Barbara Jane Brickman; Series edited by Sian Lincoln
R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers the first in-depth look at the history, social context, and industrial practices behind this teen musical phenomenon to suggest that social change, especially in terms of gender and sexuality, comes to the surface despite the film's retro setting, blockbuster business model, and apparent nostalgic tone. The vast audience for this film over the last thirty-five years and the various "hopelessly devoted" fandoms indicate that Grease exceeds both the confines of its period and the limits of any one ideological message.

Clueless - American Youth in the 1990s (Paperback): Lesley Speed Clueless - American Youth in the 1990s (Paperback)
Lesley Speed; Series edited by Sian Lincoln, Yannis Tzioumakis
R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Clueless: American Youth in the 1990s is a timely contribution to the increasingly prominent academic field of youth film studies. The book draws on the social context to the film's release, a range of film industry perspectives including marketing, audience reception and franchising, as well as postmodern theory and feminist film theory to assert the cultural and historical significance of Amy Heckerling's film and reaffirm its reputation as one of the defining teen films of the 1990s. Lesley Speed examines how the film channels aspects of Anita Loos' 1925 novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the 1960s television series Gidget and Jane Austen's Emma, to present a heightened, optimistic view of contemporary American teenage life. Although seemingly apolitical, Speed makes the case for Clueless as a feminist exploration of relationships between gender, comedy and consumer culture, centring on a contemporary version of the 'dumb blonde' type. The film is also proved to embrace diversity in its depiction of African American characters and contributing to an increase in gay teenagers on screen. Lesley Speed concludes her analysis by tracking the rise of the Clueless franchise and cult following. Both helped to cement the film in popular consciousness, inviting fans to inhabit its fantasy world through spinoff narratives on television and in print, public viewing rituals, revivalism and vintage fashion.

The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics (Paperback): Yannis Tzioumakis, Claire Molloy The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics (Paperback)
Yannis Tzioumakis, Claire Molloy
R1,491 Discovery Miles 14 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics brings together forty essays by leading film scholars and filmmakers in order to discuss the complex relationship between cinema and politics. Organised into eight parts - Approaches to Cinema and Politics; Cinema, Activism and Opposition; Film, Propaganda, Ideology and the State; The Politics of Mobility; Political Hollywood; Alternative and Independent Film and Politics; The Politics of Cine-geographies and The Politics of Documentary - this collection covers a broad range of topics, including: Third Cinema, cinema after 9/11, eco-activism, human rights, independent Chinese documentary, film festivals, manifestoes, film policies, film as a response to the post-2008 financial crisis, Soviet propaganda, the impact of neoliberalism on cinema, and many others. This Companion foregrounds the key debates, concepts, approaches and case studies that critique and explain the complex relationship between politics and cinema, discussing films from around the world and including examples from film history as well as contemporary cinema. It also explores the wider relationship between politics and entertainment, examines cinema's response to political and social transformations and questions the extent to which filmmaking itself is a political act.

Boyhood - A Young Life on Screen (Hardcover): Yannis Tzioumakis Boyhood - A Young Life on Screen (Hardcover)
Yannis Tzioumakis; Timothy Shary; Series edited by Sian Lincoln
R1,671 Discovery Miles 16 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book traces the development of Richard Linklater's Boyhood from its audacious concept through its tenacious production to its celebrated reception, placing it within the context of cinematic parables about children to demonstrate its distinctive vision. Timothy Shary, author of numerous studies on the history of teen cinema, evaluates the film's many messages about youth and adolescence within the context of early twenty-first century American culture, illuminating how Linklater's singular vision of the otherwise ordinary life of a boy reveals potent universal truths about all people.

The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics (Hardcover): Yannis Tzioumakis, Claire Molloy The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics (Hardcover)
Yannis Tzioumakis, Claire Molloy
R6,474 Discovery Miles 64 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics brings together forty essays by leading film scholars and filmmakers in order to discuss the complex relationship between cinema and politics. Organised into eight sections - Approaches to Film and Politics; Film, Activism and Opposition; Film, Propaganda, Ideology and the State; The Politics of Mobility; Political Hollywood; Alternative and Independent Film and Politics; The Politics of Cine-geographies and The Politics of Documentary - this collection covers a broad range of topics, including: third cinema, cinema after 9/11, eco-activism, human rights, independent Chinese documentary, film festivals, manifestoes, film policies, film as a response to the post-2008 financial crisis, Soviet propaganda, the impact of neoliberalism on cinema, and many others. It foregrounds the key debates, concepts, approaches and case studies that critique and explain the complex relationship between politics and cinema, discussing films from around the world and including examples from film history as well as contemporary cinema. It also explores the wider relationship between politics and entertainment, examines cinema's response to political and social transformations and questions the extent to which filmmaking, itself, is a political act.

Greek Cinema - Texts, Histories, Identities (Paperback, New): Yannis Tzioumakis, Lydia Papadimitriou Greek Cinema - Texts, Histories, Identities (Paperback, New)
Yannis Tzioumakis, Lydia Papadimitriou
R869 Discovery Miles 8 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Covering the silent era to the present, this wide-ranging collection of essays examines Greek cinema as an aesthetic, cultural, and political phenomenon with the potential to appeal to a diverse range of audiences. Using a range of methodological tools, the authors investigate the ever-shifting forms and meanings at work within Greece's national cinema and locate it within the booming interdisciplinary study of European cinema at large. Designed for undergraduate courses in film studies, this well-researched volume fills a substantial gap in the market for critical works on Greek cinema in English.

Rock around the Clock - Exploitation, Rock 'n' roll and the Origins of Youth Culture (Hardcover): Yannis Tzioumakis,... Rock around the Clock - Exploitation, Rock 'n' roll and the Origins of Youth Culture (Hardcover)
Yannis Tzioumakis, Siân Lincoln
R1,373 Discovery Miles 13 730 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

An in-depth examination of a film widely considered to be one of the points of origin for youth film studies and youth cultures in the US An interdisciplinary approach provided by the book’s co-authoring by a film scholar and a sociologist and the ways in which these perspectives work together in a single book An extremely well known title of a song and a film that is bound to attract attention from scholars from other fields and more general readership

L'Auberge espagnole - European Youth on Film (Hardcover): Ben McCann L'Auberge espagnole - European Youth on Film (Hardcover)
Ben McCann; Series edited by Sian Lincoln, Yannis Tzioumakis
R1,662 Discovery Miles 16 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Part romantic comedy, part sitcom, part social drama, L'Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment) recounts a familiar 'youth' ritual - the move from university to 'the real world', the often complicated personal, romantic and cultural encounters that ensue, and the moral uncertainties that characterize that key biological and physiological developmental stage between adolescence and adulthood. French director Cedric Klapisch showcases the extraordinary colour and beauty of Barcelona's architecture, and places his hero Xavier at the heart of this smartly written film, which makes a series of wry observations on educational exchange programmes, multi-culturalism, and the direction European youth might take in the twenty-first century. This book addresses the topic of Europe's youth generation, paying particular attention to the ways in which the film depicts the transition from adolescence to adulthood as allegory for the experiences of European society as it moves through periods of readjustment towards uncertain futures. It also looks into the ecosystem of contemporary French cinema, the Erasmus programme and its influence on youth experience, and identity politics in relation to 'nationhood' and 'European-ness'. The book also examines the two sequels to the film - Russian Dolls (2005) and Chinese Puzzle (2013) - and how the complications faced by the main characters across the trilogy suggest that the move to adulthood is a never-ending process of growing up and reaching a level of self-actualization.

The Breakfast Club - John Hughes, Hollywood, and the Golden Age of the Teen Film (Hardcover): Sian Lincoln, Yannis Tzioumakis The Breakfast Club - John Hughes, Hollywood, and the Golden Age of the Teen Film (Hardcover)
Sian Lincoln, Yannis Tzioumakis; Elissa Nelson
R1,528 Discovery Miles 15 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Breakfast Club is a quintessential teen film. This book analyzes how multiple factors coalesced to solidify the status of The Breakfast Club as one of the most emblematic films of the 1980s and one of the most definitive teen films of the genre. The film brings together genre-defining elements - the conflicts between generations and peer pressure, archetypical characters and breaking down stereotypes, the celebration and survival of adolescence, and the importance of this time in life on the coming-of-age process - and became a significant moment for John Hughes as an auteur and for teen films in the 1980s. More than just embodying these elements of the genre, filmmaker Hughes and the Brat Pack stars helped introduce and popularize multiple generic features that would come to be expected with the teen film formula. The content of the film combined with its context of production in the middle of a boom in teen filmmaking in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the marketing that focused on contemporary music, peer group dynamics, and oppositions between Generation X and baby boomers, merged with an enthusiastic reception by youth audiences. Its endurance speaks to the way the film's level of importance as a critical, commercial, and influential film with tremendous impact has grown since its initial debut.

American Pie - The Anatomy of Vulgar Teen Comedy (Hardcover): Bill Osgerby American Pie - The Anatomy of Vulgar Teen Comedy (Hardcover)
Bill Osgerby; Series edited by Sian Lincoln, Yannis Tzioumakis
R1,526 Discovery Miles 15 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

American Pie represents the most commercially successful example of the vulgar teen comedy, and this book analyses the film's development, audience-appeal and cultural significance. American Pie (1999) is a film that exemplifies that most disparaged of movie genres - the vulgar teen comedy. Largely aimed at young audiences, the vulgar teen comedy is characterised by a brazenly over-the-top humour rooted in the salacious, the scatological and the squirmingly tasteless. In this book, consideration is given to the relationship between American Pie's success and broad shifts within both the youth market and the film business. Attention is also given to the film's representations of youth, gender and sexuality, together with the distinctive character of its comedy and the enduring place of such humour in contemporary popular culture. While chiefly focusing on the original American Pie movie, the book also considers the development of the franchise, with discussion of the movie's three sequels and four direct-to-DVD releases. The book also charts the history, nature and appeal of vulgar teen comedy as a whole, providing the first concerted analysis of this generally overlooked category of youth film. Clear, concise and comprehensive, the book is ideal for students, scholars and general readership worldwide.

United Artists (Paperback): Peter Kramer, Gary Needham, Yannis Tzioumakis, Tino Balio United Artists (Paperback)
Peter Kramer, Gary Needham, Yannis Tzioumakis, Tino Balio
R1,170 Discovery Miles 11 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Established in 1919 by Hollywood's top talent United Artists has had an illustrious history, from Hollywood minor to industry leader to a second-tier media company in the shadow of MGM. This edited collection brings together leading film historians to examine key aspects of United Artists' centennial history from its origins to the sometimes chaotic developments of the last four decades. The focus is on several key executives - ranging from Joseph Schenck to Paula Wagner and Tom Cruise - and on many of the people making films for United Artists, including Gloria Swanson, David O. Selznick, Kirk Douglas, the Mirisch brothers and Woody Allen. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, individual case studies explore the mutually supportive but also in places highly contentious relationships between United Artists and its producers, the difficult balance between artistic and commercial objectives, and the resulting hits and misses (among them The General, the Pink Panther franchise, Heaven's Gate, Cruising, and Hot Tub Time Machine). The second volume in the Routledge Hollywood Centenary series, United Artists is a fascinating and comprehensive study of the firm's history and legacy, perfect for students and researchers of cinema and film history, media industries, and Hollywood.

United Artists (Hardcover): Peter Kramer, Gary Needham, Yannis Tzioumakis, Tino Balio United Artists (Hardcover)
Peter Kramer, Gary Needham, Yannis Tzioumakis, Tino Balio
R3,984 Discovery Miles 39 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Established in 1919 by Hollywood's top talent United Artists has had an illustrious history, from Hollywood minor to industry leader to a second-tier media company in the shadow of MGM. This edited collection brings together leading film historians to examine key aspects of United Artists' centennial history from its origins to the sometimes chaotic developments of the last four decades. The focus is on several key executives - ranging from Joseph Schenck to Paula Wagner and Tom Cruise - and on many of the people making films for United Artists, including Gloria Swanson, David O. Selznick, Kirk Douglas, the Mirisch brothers and Woody Allen. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, individual case studies explore the mutually supportive but also in places highly contentious relationships between United Artists and its producers, the difficult balance between artistic and commercial objectives, and the resulting hits and misses (among them The General, the Pink Panther franchise, Heaven's Gate, Cruising, and Hot Tub Time Machine). The second volume in the Routledge Hollywood Centenary series, United Artists is a fascinating and comprehensive study of the firm's history and legacy, perfect for students and researchers of cinema and film history, media industries, and Hollywood.

The Hunger Games - Spectacle, Risk and the Girl Action Hero (Hardcover): Catherine Driscoll, Alexandra Heatwole The Hunger Games - Spectacle, Risk and the Girl Action Hero (Hardcover)
Catherine Driscoll, Alexandra Heatwole; Series edited by Yannis Tzioumakis, Sian Lincoln
R1,671 Discovery Miles 16 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 2012 film The Hunger Games and its three sequels, appearing quickly over the following three years, represent one of the most successful examples of the contemporary popularity of youth-oriented speculative film and television series. This book considers "The Hunger Games" as an intertextual field centred on this blockbuster film franchise but also encompassing the successful novels that preceded them and the merchandised imagery and the critical and fan discourse that surrounds them. It explores the place of The Hunger Games in the history of youth-oriented cinema; in the history of speculative fiction centred on adolescents; in a network of continually evolving and tightly connected popular genres; and in the popular history of changing ideas about girlhood from which a successful action hero like Katniss Everdeen could emerge.

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