Screening nostalgia : populuxe props and technicolor aesthetics in contemporary American film /

In this fascinating in-depth study of the impact of nostalgia on contemporary American cinema, Christine Sprengler unpicks the history of the concept and explores its significance in theory and practice. She offers a lucid analysis of the development of nostalgia in American society and culture, nav...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sprengler, Christine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Temas:
1900-1999
Nostalgia in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Nostalgie au cinéma.
Cinéma > Esthétique.
Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
ART > Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Direction & Production.
Motion pictures.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Setting the stage: the history of nostalgia
  • The fifties: nostalgia's privileged object and the origins of its dominant American strain
  • The nostalgia film in practice and theory
  • Sin city: reading the tails of a populuxe prop
  • Far from heaven: creative agency, social history and the expressive potential of costume
  • The aviator: deliberate archaism, technicolor aesthetics and style as substance
  • Conclusion: The good German and the good of nostalgia.

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