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Film at the intersection of high and mass culture, Paul Coates

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Summary
"Film at the Intersection of High and Mass Culture analyses the contradictions and interaction between high and low art, with particular reference to Hollywood and European cinema. Written in the essayistic, speculative tradition of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, this study includes analyses of several key films of the 1980s. Tracing the boundaries of such genres as film noir, science fiction and melodrama, it demonstrates how these genres were radically expanded by such filmmakers as Neil Jordan, Chris Marker and Georges Franju. This work also reflects on kitsch, the star system, racial and gender stereotypes, and the nature of audience participation. While defining the conditions under which the symbiotic relationship between high and mass culture can be cross-fertilizing, the study stresses their inevitably contradictory characteristics."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xvii, 201 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: kitsch, art and the audience
  • I. Getting in on the act
  • II. We see in part: Rear Window as genre
  • III. Limits of our language, limits of our world: beyond the ideology of SF
  • IV. Crying in the dark: metamorphoses of melodrama
  • V. Doubles and male fantasies
  • VI. How near are the far-away places: familiarity and exoticism
  • VII. White noise
  • VIII. Private dancers: Valentino and Madonna
  • IX. Dreams and responsibilities
  • Appendix A: European cinema (and in particular Fritz Lang) goes to Hollywood
  • Appendix B: the aesthetics of exploitation
  • Appendix C: a note on ideology
Isbn
9780521444729
Instance
Label
Film at the intersection of high and mass culture
Title
Film at the intersection of high and mass culture
Statement of responsibility
Paul Coates
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Film at the Intersection of High and Mass Culture analyses the contradictions and interaction between high and low art, with particular reference to Hollywood and European cinema. Written in the essayistic, speculative tradition of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, this study includes analyses of several key films of the 1980s. Tracing the boundaries of such genres as film noir, science fiction and melodrama, it demonstrates how these genres were radically expanded by such filmmakers as Neil Jordan, Chris Marker and Georges Franju. This work also reflects on kitsch, the star system, racial and gender stereotypes, and the nature of audience participation. While defining the conditions under which the symbiotic relationship between high and mass culture can be cross-fertilizing, the study stresses their inevitably contradictory characteristics."--Jacket
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1953-
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Coates, Paul
Index
index present
LC call number
PN1995
LC item number
.C5439 1994
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Motion pictures
  • Film genres
  • Popular culture
  • Culture in motion pictures
  • Films
  • Populaire cultuur
  • Cinéma
  • Genres cinématographiques
  • Culture populaire
  • Films
  • Populaire cultuur
  • Philosophie et cinéma
  • Genres cinématographiques
  • Culture populaire
  • Filmgenre
  • Film
  • Massenkultur
  • Culture in motion pictures
  • Film genres
  • Motion pictures
  • Popular culture
Label
Film at the intersection of high and mass culture, Paul Coates
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-194) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: kitsch, art and the audience -- I. Getting in on the act -- II. We see in part: Rear Window as genre -- III. Limits of our language, limits of our world: beyond the ideology of SF -- IV. Crying in the dark: metamorphoses of melodrama -- V. Doubles and male fantasies -- VI. How near are the far-away places: familiarity and exoticism -- VII. White noise -- VIII. Private dancers: Valentino and Madonna -- IX. Dreams and responsibilities -- Appendix A: European cinema (and in particular Fritz Lang) goes to Hollywood -- Appendix B: the aesthetics of exploitation -- Appendix C: a note on ideology
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xvii, 201 pages
Isbn
9780521444729
Lccn
93031991
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)28709305
  • (OCoLC)ocm28709305
Label
Film at the intersection of high and mass culture, Paul Coates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-194) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: kitsch, art and the audience -- I. Getting in on the act -- II. We see in part: Rear Window as genre -- III. Limits of our language, limits of our world: beyond the ideology of SF -- IV. Crying in the dark: metamorphoses of melodrama -- V. Doubles and male fantasies -- VI. How near are the far-away places: familiarity and exoticism -- VII. White noise -- VIII. Private dancers: Valentino and Madonna -- IX. Dreams and responsibilities -- Appendix A: European cinema (and in particular Fritz Lang) goes to Hollywood -- Appendix B: the aesthetics of exploitation -- Appendix C: a note on ideology
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xvii, 201 pages
Isbn
9780521444729
Lccn
93031991
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)28709305
  • (OCoLC)ocm28709305

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