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A Family Affair: Cinema Calls Home

Murray Pomerance

3.3/5 ( ratings)

The family unit has been a central theme in movies since the earliest days of the medium- whether as a locus of domestic bliss, a dysfunctional source of drama, a collection of comic personalities or an inferno of repressed feelings. This new anthology brings the subject into sharp focus, collecting a range of multidisciplinary perspectives that attempt to directly penetrate the questions raised by the role of the family onscreen. Discussing a wide range of contemporary and classic films, from House of Strangers and Mary Poppins to Superstar , The Royal Tenenbaums and Brokeback Mountain , this study addresses the nature of family values in cinema, and the 'family' nature of the Hollywood production system itself. With a wealth of historical background and contemporary analysis, this volume is a penetrating view of the oldest and most influential social institution as imagined for the screen.

Language: English

Pages: 331

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Wallflower Press

Release: August 01, 2008

ISBN: 1905674554

ISBN 13: 9781905674558

A Family Affair: Cinema Calls Home

Murray Pomerance

3.3/5 ( ratings)

The family unit has been a central theme in movies since the earliest days of the medium- whether as a locus of domestic bliss, a dysfunctional source of drama, a collection of comic personalities or an inferno of repressed feelings. This new anthology brings the subject into sharp focus, collecting a range of multidisciplinary perspectives that attempt to directly penetrate the questions raised by the role of the family onscreen. Discussing a wide range of contemporary and classic films, from House of Strangers and Mary Poppins to Superstar , The Royal Tenenbaums and Brokeback Mountain , this study addresses the nature of family values in cinema, and the 'family' nature of the Hollywood production system itself. With a wealth of historical background and contemporary analysis, this volume is a penetrating view of the oldest and most influential social institution as imagined for the screen.

Language: English

Pages: 331

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Wallflower Press

Release: August 01, 2008

ISBN: 1905674554

ISBN 13: 9781905674558

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