Epic television miniseries
Subtitle: a critical history
By: John De Vito and Frank Tropea.
Contributors: Tropea, Frank, 1949-
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786441495
Subjects: Television mini-series -- United States -- History and criticism
Description: "This work traces development, evolution, decline, and rebirth of the epic miniseries. Topics include the role of HBO and other cable networks in reviving the genre; producer/director Dan Curtis's obsessive, quest to produce what is likely the ultimate miniseries in The Winds of War and War and Remembrance; and the influence of foreign miniseries on American productions"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Beginnings : the melodramatic impulse; title: The triumph of the heroic slave; title: The extraordinary ordinary; title: Visions, values and the void; title: Transitional places; title: The lady is a champ; title: Outer and outr' spaces; title: Afterword : where we are and where are we going.