Cheshire Bio-pics

A Life in Pictures
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-231-85068-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 178 mm

Reihe: Short Cuts

Through a carefully selected range of thematically linked bio-pics, explores key issues surrounding their resurgence, structure, production, subject representation or misrepresentation, and critical response

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cheshire, Ellen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Life in Pictures
1. The Sound of Music: Singers and Musicians Take Centre Stage
2. Hollywoodland: Actors and Directors as Portrayed by Actors and Directors
3. Prick Up Your Ears: Now a Word on Writers
4. Through the Eyes of a Painter: The Art of the On-screen Artist
5. A Winner Never Quits: The Powerful Force of Sporting Biographies
6. Awakenings: Voices from the Ivory Towers of Academia
7. Into the Storm: The Politics of Political Bio-pics
8. A Royal Affair: The Majesty of Royal Representations
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ellen Cheshire is an independent scholar. She has written books on the Coen Brothers (as co-author), Ang Lee, Jane Campion and Audrey Hepburn, as well as nmerous articles on subjets as wide-ranging as war movies, James Bond, and Charlie Chaplin.