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Bio-pics: A Life in Pictures
Ellen Cheshire
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Description for Bio-pics: A Life in Pictures
Paperback. Series: Short Cuts. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 224.
Bio-pics: A Life in Pictures offers a series of case studies which throw light on this most unique of genres. Is the bio-pic a genre in its own right? Or are such films merely footnotes in other more traditional genres such as the western or costume drama, depending on the historical figure under scrutiny. Unlike other genre forms bio-pics seemingly share no familiar iconography, codes or conventions. They can be set anywhere and at any time. What links them is quite simply that the films depict the life of an 'important' person. Through a carefully selected range of thematically linked ... Read more
Bio-pics: A Life in Pictures offers a series of case studies which throw light on this most unique of genres. Is the bio-pic a genre in its own right? Or are such films merely footnotes in other more traditional genres such as the western or costume drama, depending on the historical figure under scrutiny. Unlike other genre forms bio-pics seemingly share no familiar iconography, codes or conventions. They can be set anywhere and at any time. What links them is quite simply that the films depict the life of an 'important' person. Through a carefully selected range of thematically linked ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Short Cuts
Condition
New
Weight
223g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231172059
SKU
V9780231172059
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About Ellen Cheshire
Ellen Cheshire is an independent scholar. She has written books on the Coen Brothers (as co-author), Ang Lee, Jane Campion and Audrey Hepburn, as well as nmerous articles on subjets as wide-ranging as war movies, James Bond, and Charlie Chaplin.
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