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Legal Reelism: MOVIES AS LEGAL TEXTS
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Paperback. Editor(s): Denvir, John. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 549.
Law and and justice are important themes in film, not only in courtroom dramas, but also in the western, the film noir, even the documentary. In the Godfather trilogy Francis Ford Coppola shows that the Mafia possesses its own strict codes, even though they are in conflict with those of the criminal justice system. In Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors the protagonist also "gets away with murder," but with a different dramatic intent by the director and a different effect on the audience.
Shedding light on myriad facets of the law/film relationship, fourteen
contributors to Legal Reelism analyze ... Read more
Law and and justice are important themes in film, not only in courtroom dramas, but also in the western, the film noir, even the documentary. In the Godfather trilogy Francis Ford Coppola shows that the Mafia possesses its own strict codes, even though they are in conflict with those of the criminal justice system. In Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors the protagonist also "gets away with murder," but with a different dramatic intent by the director and a different effect on the audience.
Shedding light on myriad facets of the law/film relationship, fourteen
contributors to Legal Reelism analyze ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252065354
SKU
V9780252065354
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About Denvir
John Denvir is a professor of law at the University of San Francisco School of Law and was editor of a special issue of Legal Studies Forum dealing with law and film.
Reviews for Legal Reelism: MOVIES AS LEGAL TEXTS
"Coppola on criminal law? Streep on Libel? Capra on Constitutional Law? Denvir argues that ... popular films both reflect and shape our received myths about our most cherished legal institutions... Sit down with a box of popcorn, some Junior Mints, and Legal Reelism to find out what the Duke has to teach us about law and order in America."
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