The Films of Woody Allen is the first full-length study of Woody Allen the artist as opposed to the celebrity and personality and argues that Allen is a major artistic force. On the cutting edge of contemporary critical and cultural consciousness, Allen challenges our notions of authorship, narrative, perspective, character, theme, ideology, gender and sexuality. A student and admirer of the classic Hollywood cinema, Allen combines this appreciation for American directors with a developed sensitivity to experimental ...
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The Films of Woody Allen is the first full-length study of Woody Allen the artist as opposed to the celebrity and personality and argues that Allen is a major artistic force. On the cutting edge of contemporary critical and cultural consciousness, Allen challenges our notions of authorship, narrative, perspective, character, theme, ideology, gender and sexuality. A student and admirer of the classic Hollywood cinema, Allen combines this appreciation for American directors with a developed sensitivity to experimental European directors such as Fellini, De Sica and Bergman. Probably the most widely recognized aspect of his work involves his films that experiment with narrative, plot and psychology. In the films dating from the early seventies, Allen develops into one of America's great innovative directors as he takes his brilliant comic impulses seriously. His technical, literary, visual and linguistic innovations introduce intensity and complexity to his humour. Instead of continuing on the path of zany comedy, he carefully creates films that form an original union of the serious and comic.
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New. Trade paperback (US). 214 p. Cambridge Film Classics . 3 Halftones, unspecified. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Intended for college/higher education audience.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. 200 p. Cambridge Film Classics. Audience: College/higher education; General/trade; Professional and scholarly. LCCN 2002025617 Type of material Book Personal name Girgus, Sam B., 1941-Main title The films of Woody Allen / Sam B. Girgus. Edition 2nd ed. Published/Created Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Description xii, 200 p. : ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 0521810914 (hardback) 0521009294 (pbk. ) LC classification PN1998.3. A45 G57 2002 LC Subjects Allen, Woody, 1935---Criticism and interpretation. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-195) and index. Filmography: p. 175-191. Series Cambridge film classics Dewey class no. 791.43/092
