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[ecrea] Contemporary Action Cinema - Lisa Purse

Mon May 02 13:41:03 GMT 2011




New from Edinburgh University Press:* Contemporary Action Cinema* by *Lisa Purse
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/"An impressive, intelligent book which takes account of the genre's past but focuses attention on its present. Both rigorous and engaging, Purse brings our understanding of action up to date."/ - Yvonne Tasker, University of East Anglia

/"A valuable contribution to analysis of the action film, offering sustained examination of the formal qualities of action set-pieces and the ideological frameworks in which they are typically embedded."/ - Geoff King, Professor of Film & TV Studies, Brunel University

Focussing on action cinema of the 2000s, this textbook explores issues of visual style, narrative, representation and the various contexts of production through a diverse series of case studies including /Avatar, Casino Royale, The Hurt Locker/ and /Banlieue 13.
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*Lisa Purse* is Lecturer in Film in the Department of Film, Theatre & Television at the University of Reading.
April 2011 | 232pp | b+w illustrations | Pb 978 0 7486 3818 5 | £19.99

Find out more: http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9780748638185


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