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Directed by Stephen Spielberg: Poetics of the Contemporary Hollywood Blockbuster
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Directed by Stephen Spielberg: Poetics of the Contemporary Hollywood Blockbuster Paperback - 2006

by Warren Buckland

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Combining film studies scholarship with the approach taken by many filmmakingmanuals, this is a serious study of the Hollywood blockbuster via the work ofSteven Spielberg.

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Paperback. New. Focusing on Spielberg's blockbusters, this book examines Spielberg's distinct manipulation of film form, and his singular use of stylistic and narrative techniques. It demonstrates the aesthetic options available to Spielberg, and particularly the choices he makes in structuring his blockbusters.
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  • Title Directed by Stephen Spielberg: Poetics of the Contemporary Hollywood Blockbuster
  • Author Warren Buckland
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Continuum, New York
  • Date 2006-04-19
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780826416919
  • ISBN 9780826416919 / 0826416918
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.88 x 6.68 x 0.53 in (22.56 x 16.97 x 1.35 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Spielberg, Steven - Criticism and, Blockbusters (Motion pictures)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005036727
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.430

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 05/15/2006, Page 102
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2006, Page 293

About the author

Warren Buckland is author of four previous books: Studying Contemporary American Film (with Thomas Elsaesser); the best-selling Teach Yourself Film Studies; The Cognitive Semiotics of Film; and The Film Spectator. He also edits the journal the New Review of Film and Television Studies.