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Wit's End : Making Sense of the Great Movies.

This book is a study of the "Great Movies," that fluid category of feature films deemed by various authorities-film societies, critics, academics, and movie enthusiasts-to be the enduring and memorable works of cinematic history. But what are they about? In Wit's End, the author attem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Combs, James E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book is a study of the "Great Movies," that fluid category of feature films deemed by various authorities-film societies, critics, academics, and movie enthusiasts-to be the enduring and memorable works of cinematic history. But what are they about? In Wit's End, the author attempts to "make sense" of these films in order to understand their greatness in the context of their relation to other films and to the worlds they come from and recreate on screen. To that end, we employ the conce ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (372 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-362).
ISBN:9781443824699
1443824690