Hollywood Hybrids by Ira Jaffe
Through close readings of films by US filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Errol Morris, and, Joel and Ethan Coen, this work studies provocative, disorienting strategies of genre mixing in contemporary cinema. It also explores foreign parallels to US hybrid cinema in films by such directors as Pedro Almodovar and Stephen Chow.
Jaffe looks at film with scrupulous intelligence and provides revelatory frame-by-frame formal analysesAt the same time, he places these films and their directors in the broadest social, historical, and aesthetic contexts. . . . After reading this book, you'll view all films with greater clarity, and with deeper appreciation of the art and magic of filmmaking. -- Peter Walch, University of New Mexico
Anyone who wants to understand . . . more about the cutting edge of contemporary artistic creativity will find that Jaffe gives definition to what we are living through in some of our most dynamic cinematic moments. -- Allan Casebier, Emeritus Faculty, University of Southern California
Jaffe demonstrates the 'both/and' nature of our cultural reality and . . . the importance of dialogue—in this case dialogue between the interdisciplinary nature of the past century's avant-garde practices and how they have played out . . . in Hollywood films that are not only popular, but artistically important as well. -- Christopher Shultis, University of New Mexico
An engaging, adventurous study that seeks to break down the boundaries of genre—precisely, in short, as Hollywood is doing today. This interesting book could also serve as a text for a survey course on film genre. Recommended. * CHOICE *
Jaffe's prose is elegant and easily accessible, recapturing the delicate art of film analysis at its finest. -- Eric Patrick, Northwestern University
Anyone who wants to understand . . . more about the cutting edge of contemporary artistic creativity will find that Jaffe gives definition to what we are living through in some of our most dynamic cinematic moments. -- Allan Casebier, Emeritus Faculty, University of Southern California
Jaffe demonstrates the 'both/and' nature of our cultural reality and . . . the importance of dialogue—in this case dialogue between the interdisciplinary nature of the past century's avant-garde practices and how they have played out . . . in Hollywood films that are not only popular, but artistically important as well. -- Christopher Shultis, University of New Mexico
An engaging, adventurous study that seeks to break down the boundaries of genre—precisely, in short, as Hollywood is doing today. This interesting book could also serve as a text for a survey course on film genre. Recommended. * CHOICE *
Jaffe's prose is elegant and easily accessible, recapturing the delicate art of film analysis at its finest. -- Eric Patrick, Northwestern University
Ira Jaffe is professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Media Arts at the University of New Mexico. He is co-editor of Redirecting the Gaze: Gender, Theory, and Cinema in the Third World and author of essays about Robert Altman, Charlie Chaplin, Errol Morris, and Orson Welles. He founded UNM's International Cinema Lecture Series and Latin American Film Festival as well as the Department of Media Arts.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780742539518 |
| ISBN 10 | 0742539512 |
| Title | Hollywood Hybrids |
| Author | Ira Jaffe |
| Series | Genre And Beyond: A Film Studies Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Year published | 2007-10-29 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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