Film/Genre by Rick Altman

by Rick Altman

IllustratedFilm/Genre radically revises our notions. It is the first book to fully connect the roles played by industry critics and audiences in making and re-making genre. In a critiques of major voices in the history of genre theory from Aristotle to Wittgenstein, Rick Altman reveals the conflicting stakes for which the genre game has been played. Recognizing that the very term "genre" has different meanings for different groups, he bases his new genre theory on the uneasy competitive yet complimentary relationship among genre users and discusses a huge range of films from The Great Train Robbery to Star Wars and from The Jazz Singer to The Player.Author Rick Altman is Professor of French and Communication Studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of The American Film Musical and editor of Cinema/Sound and Sound Theory/Sound Practice.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Academic, Theory, Reference

Paperback

First published December 22, 1998

About the author

Rick Altman is a professor of Cinema and Comparative Literature in the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature, University of Iowa.

Reviews

[Noah · Rating 5 out of 5]

me he planteado ser menos entusiasta pero la verdad es que estoy bastante entusiasmada con este libro

[Ash · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a bit structuralist for my tastes.

[Gunner Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book.

[Paschalia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Contains both an overview of film genre theories, a communication model theory and suggests a new film genre approach/ theory. Pretty good

[Madelyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Genres are not the real world, but a game that we play with moves and players borrowed from the real world"

[Laszlo Rapaport]

Leido cap. 2 y conclusiones para Historia del Cine II

[t · Rating 3 out of 5]

helpful summaries, clearly written! but i can’t bring myself to be very enthusiastic about genre

[Constance · Rating 2 out of 5]

J’ai dû lire 12 pages pour mon cours sur la théorie du genre et c’était imbuvable dsl j’ai compris 1/4 de son charabia

[Judit · Rating 2 out of 5]

es repeteix força i es avorrit

[Greta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Talks about genres as complex and changing entities which are mixed and evolve over time and mean different things in different times and to different audiences. Includes historical info and info on how Hollywood films were advertised in the real world. More than just theory, sums up previous genre theory. Pretty good