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Contemporary Action Cinema
Dr. Lisa Purse
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Description for Contemporary Action Cinema
Paperback. This book is an authoritative account of post-1990s US action cinema. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 10 black and white film stills. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Action cinema is a popular and familiar form which reflects the cultural, industrial and historical landscape from which it emerges. Lisa Purse analyses the genre's pleasures and complexities in the light of both its cinematic history and the latest critical debates. Focussing on action cinema of the 2000s, this book explores issues of visual style, narrative, representation and the various contexts of production through a diverse series of case studies including Avatar (2009), Casino Royale (2006), The Hurt Locker (2008) and Banlieue 13 (2004). Providing a groundbreaking account of the way that the spectator engages with the action body and ... Read more
Action cinema is a popular and familiar form which reflects the cultural, industrial and historical landscape from which it emerges. Lisa Purse analyses the genre's pleasures and complexities in the light of both its cinematic history and the latest critical debates. Focussing on action cinema of the 2000s, this book explores issues of visual style, narrative, representation and the various contexts of production through a diverse series of case studies including Avatar (2009), Casino Royale (2006), The Hurt Locker (2008) and Banlieue 13 (2004). Providing a groundbreaking account of the way that the spectator engages with the action body and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748638185
SKU
V9780748638185
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About Dr. Lisa Purse
Lisa Purse is Lecturer in Film, Department of Film, Theatre & Television, University of Reading
Reviews for Contemporary Action Cinema
A valuable contribution to analysis of the action film, offering sustained examination of the formal qualities of action set-pieces and the ideological frameworks in which they are typically embedded.
Geoff King, Professor of Film & TV Studies, Brunel University An impressive, intelligent book which takes account of the genre's past but focuses attention on its present. Both rigorous and ... Read more
Geoff King, Professor of Film & TV Studies, Brunel University An impressive, intelligent book which takes account of the genre's past but focuses attention on its present. Both rigorous and ... Read more