The Multi-Protagonist Film
New Approaches to Film Genre
1. Edition September 2010
176 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
The Multi-Protagonist Film provides elegant analyses of a variety of works to help chart the genre's evolution and to explore the complexity, mixed messaging, and signal changes that define this exciting genre in the current age. From the impact of globalization on society to shifting morals and the aftershocks of the sexual revolution, The Multi-Protagonist Film helps us to understand the genre and the imponderables that define the political, cultural, public and private spheres.
The Multi-Protagonist Film is an insightful and provocative introduction to this important new genre.
* Explores the origins and history of one of the most exciting new developments in contemporary film worldwide
* Guides readers through the genre's central characteristics and conventions, as well as it's evolution and cultural relevance
* Provides a theoretical framework that is developed through the analysis several films, including Grand Hotel, Singles, American Pie, Short Cuts, and Syriana.
* Reveals the duality of the genre's contemporary preoccupations: the impact of globalization on human lives versus the current state of intimate affairs, the crisis of marriage, and the proliferation of sexual choices
Captions
Introduction
1. A Brief History of the Multi-Protagonist Film
2. Theorizing the Multi-Protagonist Film
3. An Early Experiment: Grand Hotel
4. Short Cuts and the Consolidation of a Genre
5. Adolescent Tapestries: American Pie
6. Intimacy Multiplies: Singles
7. Global Thrills: Syriana
Conclusion
References
Index
