Valuing films
Subtitle: shifting perceptions of worth
By: edited by Laura Hubner
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780230229686
Subjects: Motion pictures; Social aspects; Evaluation; Economic aspects; Motion picture audiences
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Valuing Films / L. Hubner; title: POLITICS, CRITICISM AND THE CANON. Use and Exchange: The Politics of Film Evaluation / L. Grist; title: Sense and Sensibilities: The Value of Coherence in the Contemporary Twist Film / J. Walters; title: Spectacle and Value in Classical Hollywood Cinema / T. Brown; title: FANS, AUDIENCES AND SHIFTING CANONS. Getting Animated-Valuing Anime / S. Allen; title: Authenticity, Popular Aesthetics and the Sub-Cultural Politics of an Unwanted Blockbuster: The Case of Transformers / L. Geraghty; title: ¡Que Naco! Mexican Popular Cinema, La Banda del Carro Rojo and the Audience / A. Avalos; title: Audience Appreciation of Nigerian Films (Nollywood) / O. Esan; title: INSTITUTIONS OF TASTE, QUALITY AND VALUE. Valuing Film Violence: Student Perceptions on the Inclusion of Violent Films and Film Violence Within the Undergraduate Learning Experience / S.Kimber; title: 'The Many Ways of Looking at Cinema': Sight and Sound and the Value of Film / O. Evans; title: Delivering the Quality Experience: Franco Zeffirelli / M. P. Wood; title: A Vogue for Flesh and Blood? Shifting Classifications of Contemporary European Cinema / L. Hubner; title: AFTERTHOUGHTS. Shifting Perceptions of Worth / L. Hubner.