Action And Adventure Cinema -

Taylor & Francis Group. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Taylor & Francis Group. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Routledge, 2004. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9780415235075

Routledge, 2004. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9780415235075

London: Routledge [0-415-23507-3] 2004. (Trade paperback) 414pp. Very good. Photographs, notes, index. The corners are lightly worn. (Movies, Adventure Movies, Cinema/Film, Movies).

New. 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. Themes explored include genre and definitions; early action, sensation and melodrama; authorship and action; national and transnational action-adventure traditions; action aesthetics; spectacle and narrative; stars and bodies; class; gender; race and ethnicity. Attempting to evaluate the significance of this type of filmmaking for both popular cinema and film studies, the book underlines the central place… Read More

Routledge, 2004. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 414 pages. 9.25x6.75x0.75 inches.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Covering both Hollywood and also European and Asian action cinema, this exciting collection addresses action and adventure from the silent to the contemporary period exploring diverse questions of aesthetics, industry and ideology.

Paperback / softback. New. Addressing areas such as genre, film history and style, action and spectacle, stars and bodies, action auteurs and the film industry, the reader covers both Hollywood and also European and Asian action cinema.

Routledge, 2004. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 414 pages. 9.25x6.75x0.75 inches.