TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bignell,Jonathan
TI  - Writing and cinema
SN  - 0582357578
U1  - 791.436 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Harlow, England
PB  - Pearson Education
KW  - Film adaptations
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Film criticism
KW  - Motion pictures and literature
N1  - Notes on contributors. - General editors' preface. - Acknowledgements. - Pt. One. Writing for cinema. - Pt. Two. Writing in cinema. - Pt. Three. Writing into cinema. - Pt. Four. Writing about cinema. - Pt. Five. Audio-visual resources. - Selected bibliography. - Index
N2  - Writing and Cinema brings together an important collection of essays which examine the ways in which writing and cinema can be studied in relation to each other. A wide range of material is presented, from essays which look at particular films, including The Piano and The English Patient, to discussions of the latest developments in film studies including psychoanalytic film theory and the cultural study of film audiences. Specific topics that the essays address also include: the kinds of writing produced for the cinema industry, such as film scripts or publicity material written to advertise films; film adaptations of written texts and theatre plays from nineteenth-century 'classic' novels to recent science-fiction such as Blade Runner and Starship Troopers; and the kinds of critical writing about cinema from the different analytical perspectives. The essays deal with existing areas of debate, such as questions of authorship and audience, and also break new ground, for example in proposing approaches to the study of writing on the cinema screen. The book includes a select bibliography, and an audio-visual resources section gives details of a range of films for further study. - Back cover
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