Critical Approaches to the Films of M. Night Shyamalan [electronic resource] : Spoiler Warnings /
Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew.author.
Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew.
Critical Approaches to the Films of M. Night Shyamalan represents the first serious academic engagement with auteur director M. Night Shyamalan and his work. The essays, including contributions from established film scholars David Sterritt, Murray Pomerance, Emmanuel Burdeau, R. Barton Palmer, Matt Hills, and Katherine Fowkes, explore the Hollywood blockbusters from The Sixth Sense to The Happening in terms of their themes, aesthetics, and marketing. Taken together, the collection recognizes and explores Shyamalan s "star status" and offers the concerted analysis that this cultural phenomenon requires.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Critical Approaches to the Films of M. Night Shyamalan represents the first serious academic engagement with auteur director M. Night Shyamalan and his work. The essays, including contributions from established film scholars David Sterritt, Murray Pomerance, Emmanuel Burdeau, R. Barton Palmer, Matt Hills, and Katherine Fowkes, explore the Hollywood blockbusters from The Sixth Sense to The Happening in terms of their themes, aesthetics, and marketing. Taken together, the collection recognizes and explores Shyamalan s "star status" and offers the concerted analysis that this cultural phenomenon requires.
Shyamalan, M. Night
Motion pictures and television.
Civilization—History.
Motion pictures—History.
Communication.
Motion pictures—Production and direction.
Screen Studies.
Cultural History.
Film History.
Media Studies.
Directing.