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Cinema Entertainment : essays on audiences, films and film-makers / Alan Lovell and Gianluca Sergi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Maidenhead, England ; New York : Open University Press, c2009.Description: vii, 140 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780335222520 (hbk.)
  • 0335222528 (hbk.)
  • 033522251X (pbk.)
  • 9780335222513 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.2343 23 LOV
Contents:
What audiences go for : elite and mass taste -- Sensual pleasure, audiences, and The dark knight -- Alfred Hitchcock : the entertainer becomes an artist -- Stephen Spielberg, Indiana Jones, and the Holocaust -- The perspective of entertainers? Interviews with Randy Thom and Walter Murch -- The entertainment discourse.
Summary: Entertainment is a defining feature of contemporary culture, yet it is often accused of being superficial and even harmful. The authors challenge this negative view and argue for a reconsideration of the value of entertainment and the effect it has on the world in which we live.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Short Loan Books Hamu Mukasa Library Closed Access l Short Loan; Level 1 302.2343 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 132626
Short Loan Books Hamu Mukasa Library Closed Access l Short Loan; Level 1 302.2343 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 132627
Short Loan Books Hamu Mukasa Library Closed Access l Short Loan; Level 1 302.2343 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 132625

Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-133) and index.

What audiences go for : elite and mass taste -- Sensual pleasure, audiences, and The dark knight -- Alfred Hitchcock : the entertainer becomes an artist -- Stephen Spielberg, Indiana Jones, and the Holocaust -- The perspective of entertainers? Interviews with Randy Thom and Walter Murch -- The entertainment discourse.

Entertainment is a defining feature of contemporary culture, yet it is often accused of being superficial and even harmful. The authors challenge this negative view and argue for a reconsideration of the value of entertainment and the effect it has on the world in which we live.

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