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Contemporary Musical Film
Kevin J. Donnelly
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Description for Contemporary Musical Film
Paperback. This edited collection will look at the breadth and diversity of recent film musicals, including adaptations from the stage such as Mamma Mia! (2008), Tim Burton's Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Rock of Ages (2012). Editor(s): Donnelly, Kevin J.; Carroll, Beth. Series: Music and the Moving Image. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
In recent years there has been a remarkable resurgence in the success of film musicals. Since the turn of the millennium, films such as Chicago (2002) and Phantom of the Opera (2004) have restated the close connections between the stage and screen. This edited collection will look at the breadth and diversity of recent film musicals, including adaptations from the stage such as Mamma Mia! (2008), Tim Burton's Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Rock of Ages (2012). This collection will also look at films that owe less of a direct debt to stage musicals, such ... Read more
In recent years there has been a remarkable resurgence in the success of film musicals. Since the turn of the millennium, films such as Chicago (2002) and Phantom of the Opera (2004) have restated the close connections between the stage and screen. This edited collection will look at the breadth and diversity of recent film musicals, including adaptations from the stage such as Mamma Mia! (2008), Tim Burton's Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Rock of Ages (2012). This collection will also look at films that owe less of a direct debt to stage musicals, such ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Music and the Moving Image
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474413121
SKU
V9781474413121
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About Kevin J. Donnelly
K. J. Donnelly is a Reader in Film Studies at the University of Southampton. Beth Carroll is a Lecturer in Film at the University of Southampton. Her research interests include space, musicals, music, gestalt theory, haptics, disgust and video games.
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