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Invisible Storytellers
Sarah Kozloff
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Description for Invisible Storytellers
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
"Let me tell you a story," each film seems to offer silently as its opening frames hit the screen. But sometimes the film finds a voice--an off-screen narrator--for all or part of the story. From Wuthering Heights and Double Indemnity to Annie Hall and Platoon, voice-over narration has been an integral part of American movies. Through examples from films such as How Green Was My Valley, All About Eve, The Naked City, and Barry Lyndon, Sarah Kozloff examines and analyzes voice-over narration. She refutes the assumptions that words should only play a minimal role in film, that "showing" is superior ... Read more
"Let me tell you a story," each film seems to offer silently as its opening frames hit the screen. But sometimes the film finds a voice--an off-screen narrator--for all or part of the story. From Wuthering Heights and Double Indemnity to Annie Hall and Platoon, voice-over narration has been an integral part of American movies. Through examples from films such as How Green Was My Valley, All About Eve, The Naked City, and Barry Lyndon, Sarah Kozloff examines and analyzes voice-over narration. She refutes the assumptions that words should only play a minimal role in film, that "showing" is superior ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520067936
SKU
V9780520067936
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About Sarah Kozloff
Sarah Kozloff is Professor and Chair of film studies at Vassar College, and has published articles in Film Quarterly, Cinema Journal, and Film/Literature Quarterly.
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