Valuing Films [electronic resource] : Shifting Perceptions of Worth /
Hubner, L.editor.
This volume gets to the heart of what films mean to people on personal, political and commercial levels. Exploring value judgements that underpin social, academic and institutional practices, it examines the diverse forms of worth attributed to a range of international films in relation to taste, passion, morality and aesthetics.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Valuing Films; Part I: Politics, Criticism and the Canon; 1 Use and Exchange: The Politics of Film Evaluation; 2 Sense and Sensibilities: The Value of Coherence in the Contemporary Twist Film; 3 Spectacle and Value in Classical Hollywood Cinema; Part II: Fans, Audiences and Shifting Canons; 4 Getting Animated - Valuing Anime; 5 Authenticity, Popular Aesthetics and the Subcultural Politics of an Unwanted Blockbuster: The Case of Transformers
6 ¡Que Naco! Mexican Popular Cinema, La Banda del Carro Rojo and the Audience7 Audience Appreciation of Nigerian Films (Nollywood); Part III: Institutions of Taste, Quality and Value; 8 Valuing Film Violence: Student Perceptions on the Inclusion of Violent Films and Film Violence within the Undergraduate Learning Experience; 9 'The Many Ways of Looking at Cinema': Sight and Sound and the Value of Film; 10 Delivering the Quality Experience: Franco Zeffirelli; 11 A Taste for Flesh and Blood? Shifting Classifications of Contemporary European Cinema; Part IV: Afterthoughts
Shifting Perceptions of WorthIndex
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume gets to the heart of what films mean to people on personal, political and commercial levels. Exploring value judgements that underpin social, academic and institutional practices, it examines the diverse forms of worth attributed to a range of international films in relation to taste, passion, morality and aesthetics.
Motion pictures—History.
Motion pictures and television.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Cultural studies.
Film genres.
Communication.
Film History.
Screen Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Cultural Studies.
Genre.
Media Studies.