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Routledge, Date: 2004. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2004. Routledge ISBN 0415235073 9780415235075 [US]

New. This exciting collection addresses action and adventure from the silent to the contemporary period exploring diverse questions of aesthetics, industry and ideology. Action has established itself as one of the leading commercial genres of the New Hollywood cinema, generating extensive debate in the process. Contributors consider how action might best be defined, how it has developed historically, and how it works formally. The critical reception and standing of action and adventure cinema is considered in relation to questions of national culture, violence and the 'art' of cinema. Themes explored include genre and definitions; early action, sensation and melodrama; authorship and action; national and transnational action-adventure traditions; action aesthetics; spectacle and narrative; stars and bodies; class; gender; race and ethnicity. Attempting to evaluate the significance of this type of filmmaking for both popular cinema and film studies, the book underlines the central place of action and adventure within film history. ISBN 0415235073 9780415235075 [GB]

Routledge, Date: 2004. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 414 pages. 9.25x6.75x0.75 inches. 2004. Routledge ISBN 0415235073 9780415235075 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. Addressing areas such as genre, film history and style, action and spectacle, stars and bodies, action auteurs and the film industry, the reader covers both Hollywood and also European and Asian action cinema. ISBN 0415235073 9780415235075 [GB]

Routledge, Date: 2004-10-28. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2004. Routledge ISBN 0415235073 9780415235075 [US]