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Critical Approaches to the Films of M. Night Shyamalan represents the first serious academic engagement with auteur director M. Night Shyamalan and his work. The essays, including contributions from established film scholars David Sterritt, Murray Pomerance, Emmanuel Burdeau, R. Barton Palmer, Matt...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2010, 2010
Subjects:
Civilization / History
Film And Television Studies
Communication
Cultural History
Cultural And Media Studies
Motion Pictures And Television
Motion Pictures / Production And Direction
Motion Pictures / History
Culture / Study And Teaching
Media Studies
Directing
Film History
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Critical Approaches to the Films of M. Night Shyamalan represents the first serious academic engagement with auteur director M. Night Shyamalan and his work. The essays, including contributions from established film scholars David Sterritt, Murray Pomerance, Emmanuel Burdeau, R. Barton Palmer, Matt Hills, and Katherine Fowkes, explore the Hollywood blockbusters from The Sixth Sense to The Happening in terms of their themes, aesthetics, and marketing. Taken together, the collection recognizes and explores Shyamalan s "star status" and offers the concerted analysis that this cultural phenomenon requires
Physical Description:XXIX, 233 p. 6 illus online resource
ISBN:9780230112094

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