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Loading... The Action and Adventure Cinemaby Yvonne Tasker
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This exciting collection addresses action and adventure from the silent to the contemporary period exploring diverse questions of aesthetics, industry and ideology. Action has established itself as one of the leading commercial genres of the New Hollywood cinema, generating extensive debate in the process.Contributors consider how action might best be defined, how it has developed historically, and how it works formally. The critical reception and standing of action and adventure cinema is considered in relation to questions of national culture, violence and the 'art' of cinema. No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)791.43The arts Recreational and performing arts Public performances Film, Radio, and Television FilmLC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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