Matinee Melodrama : Playing with Formula in the Sound Serial /

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Covering everything from Batman to Zorro's Fighting Legion, Matinee Melodrama is the first scholarly study of the cinematic adventure serial as a distinct artform, one that uniquely encouraged audience participation and imaginative play. It suggests that the serial's incoherent plotting an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Higgins, Scott, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Motion picture plays, American.
Film serials.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Scenarios de cinema americains > Histoire et critique.
Films à episodes > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Motion picture plays, American > History and criticism.
Film serials > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Covering everything from Batman to Zorro's Fighting Legion, Matinee Melodrama is the first scholarly study of the cinematic adventure serial as a distinct artform, one that uniquely encouraged audience participation and imaginative play. It suggests that the serial's incoherent plotting and reliance on formula, far from being faults, should be understood as some of its most appealing attributes, helping lay the groundwork for today's blockbuster action movies, interactive videogames, and active fan cultures.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780813563305

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