Film Genre and Genre Film - Film Museum

Author: Zheng Shusen
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book primarily takes the Hollywood studio system in the United States as its analytical object and applies the methodology of comparative literature to examine the establishment of film genres over the past century in Hollywood and their related cultural significance from a genre perspective. The author provides in-depth and insightful analyses of eight film genres: Westerns, World War II films, black films, family dramas, musicals, neurotic comedies, black comedies, and journalist films. The language is vivid, the materials are well-documented, and the arguments are precise, making it an excellent research work on genre films.