Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema

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  • Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema Book Detail

  • Author : James MacDowell
  • Release Date : 2013-07-22
  • Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
  • Genre : Performing Arts
  • Pages : 224
  • ISBN 13 : 0748680187
  • File Size : 89,89 MB
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Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema by James MacDowell PDF Summary

Book Description: "e;Hollywood 'happy ending' has long been considered among the most famous and standardised features in the whole of narrative filmmaking. Yet, while ceaselessly invoked, this notorious device has received barely any detailed attention from the field of film studies. This book is thus the first in-depth examination of one of the most overused and under-analysed concepts in discussions of popular cinema. What exactly is the 'happy ending'? Is it simply a cliche, as commonly supposed? Why has it earned such an unenviable reputation? What does it, or can it, mean? Concentrating especially on conclusions featuring an ultimate romantic union - the final couple - this wide-ranging investigation probes traditional associations between the 'happy ending' and homogeneity, closure, 'unrealism', and ideological conservatism, testing widespread assumptions against the evidence offered by a range of classical and contemporary films. "e;

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Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema

Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema

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"e;Hollywood 'happy ending' has long been considered among the most famous and standardised features in the whole of narrative filmmaking. Yet, while ceasel

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This wide-ranging investigation probes traditional associations between the 'happy ending' and homogeneity, closure, 'unrealism', and ideological conservatism,

The Final Couple

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This thesis concerns a very common, yet surprisingly under-examined, concept: the Hollywood 'happy ending'. Focusing on an aspect of this convention that I call

The End

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Given the importance that spectators grant to the final moments of a motion picture, it is surprising to find so little written on how films end and how audienc