Author
Buckland, Warren.
Title
Directed by Steven Spielberg : poetics of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster / Warren Buckland.
Published
New York : Continuum, c2006.
Format
Book
Description
xiii, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Link
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005036727.html
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.
Contents
Origins of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster -- Poetics of film directing -- Pre-blockbuster work: from Amblin’ (1968) to Duel (1971) -- ’Duel with a shark’: Jaws (1975) -- The UFO experience: Close encounters of the third kind (1977 theatrical release) -- Serials, chase scenes, and off-screen presences: Raiders of the lost ark (1981) -- Dramas of suburbia and authorship: Poltergeist (1982) and E.T (1982), or, who really directed Poltergeist? -- ’Close encounters of the prehistoric kind’: narrative, narration and spectacle in Jurassic Park (1993) -- Precogs dream of future murders (not electric sheep): Minority report (2002) -- News from Mars: War of the worlds (2005).
ISBN
0826416918 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780826416919 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0826416926 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780826416926 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Per.Sub.
Spielberg, Steven, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Subject
Blockbusters (Motion pictures)
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