Revisioning Film Tradition: The Pseudo-Documentary and the NeoWestern

Jacobs, Del

ISBN 10: 0773476490 / ISBN 13: 9780773476493

Published by Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston/ Queenston, NY/Ontario, 2000

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VG+, without dj (as issued?). Clean and tight, no markings, but slight cocking of the spine. Volume 3 of the Studies in History and Criticism of Film Series. 116 pp. with references, index and endnotes. Seller Inventory # 001489

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Title: Revisioning Film Tradition: The ...

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston/ Queenston, NY/Ontario

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First

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Synopsis:

Films like "The Blair Witch Project" and "Lone Star" are contemporary representations of outgrowths of documentary and Western movies. This text examines the re-emergence of past styles in film. Writers and directors are re-visioning genres by placing new slants on old themes while inspiring and improvising future genres to provide tools of construction and interpretation for both the storytellers and the audience. The pseudo-documentary's reflextive quality gives a window on the world that previous, traditional, genres didn't. The neo-western movies look backwards as well as forward, building on American traditions but also looking to the future to carry the story further.