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Orson Welles and the Unfinished RKO Projects: A Postmodern Perspective
Associate Professor Marguerite H Rippy Phd
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Paperback. Traces the impact of legendary director Orson Welles on contemporary mass media entertainment and suggests that, ironically, we can see Welles' performance genealogy most clearly in his unfinished RKO projects. This book presents an examination of early film and radio projects that are shelved by RKO or by Welles himself. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Orson Welles and the Unfinished RKO Projects: A Postmodern Perspective traces the impact of legendary director Orson Welles on contemporary mass media entertainment and suggests that, ironically, we can see Welles’s performance genealogy most clearly in his unfinished RKO projects. Author Marguerite H. Rippy provides the first in-depth examination of early film and radio projects shelved by RKO or by Welles himself. While previous studies of Welles largely fall into the categories of biography or modernist film studies, this book extends the understanding of Welles via postmodern narrative theory and performance analysis, weaving his work into the cultural and commercial ... Read more
Orson Welles and the Unfinished RKO Projects: A Postmodern Perspective traces the impact of legendary director Orson Welles on contemporary mass media entertainment and suggests that, ironically, we can see Welles’s performance genealogy most clearly in his unfinished RKO projects. Author Marguerite H. Rippy provides the first in-depth examination of early film and radio projects shelved by RKO or by Welles himself. While previous studies of Welles largely fall into the categories of biography or modernist film studies, this book extends the understanding of Welles via postmodern narrative theory and performance analysis, weaving his work into the cultural and commercial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809329120
SKU
V9780809329120
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99-15
About Associate Professor Marguerite H Rippy Phd
Marguerite H. Rippy is an associate professor of literature at Marymount University in Arlington, VA, where she teaches twentieth-century literature with a focus on multicultural literature and performance studies. She has published articles on film and drama, addressing topics ranging from the representation of race and sexuality in cinema to adaptations of Shakespeare on film and television.
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