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The Road Movie: In Search of Meaning
Neil Archer
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Paperback. Series: Short Cuts. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 454.
Though often seen as one of America's native cinematic genres, the road movie has lent itself to diverse international contexts and inspired a host of filmmakers. As analyzed in this study, from its most familiar origins in Hollywood the road movie has become a global film practice, whether as a vehicle for exploring the relationship between various national contexts and American cinema, as a means of narrating different national and continental histories, or as a form of individual filmmaking expression. Beginning with key films from Depression-era Hollywood and the New Hollywood of the late 1960s and then considering its wider ... Read more
Though often seen as one of America's native cinematic genres, the road movie has lent itself to diverse international contexts and inspired a host of filmmakers. As analyzed in this study, from its most familiar origins in Hollywood the road movie has become a global film practice, whether as a vehicle for exploring the relationship between various national contexts and American cinema, as a means of narrating different national and continental histories, or as a form of individual filmmaking expression. Beginning with key films from Depression-era Hollywood and the New Hollywood of the late 1960s and then considering its wider ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Short Cuts
Condition
New
Weight
193 g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231176477
SKU
V9780231176477
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About Neil Archer
Neil Archer is a lecturer in film studies at Keele University and the author of The French Road Movie: Space, Mobility, Identity.
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