Authors: Ian Conrich, Estella Ticknell, Constantin V. Boundas
ISBN-13: 9780748623440, ISBN-10: 0748623442
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Date Published: July 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Ian Conrich is senior lecturer in film studies, Roehampton University. Estella Tincknell is associate head of the School of Cultural Studies, University of the West of England.
Book Synopsis
The authors are concerned with both the relationship between performance, music, and film and the specificity of national, historical, social, and cultural contexts. Subjects include: cinematic representations of music forms; celebrities, fan culture, and intertextuality; the importance of popular music and the soundtrack movie; and specific national contexts.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Illustrations viii
Contributors x
Introduction 1
Music, Film, Culture 15
Jazz, Ideology and the Animated Cartoon Barry Keith Grant 17
A Short History of the Big Band Musical James Chapman 28
Television, the Pop Industry and the Hollywood Musical John Mundy 42
The Operatic in New German Cinema Ulrike Sieglohr 56
Stars, Performance and Reception 69
Jack Buchanan and British Musical Comedy of the 1930s Andrew Spicer 71
Star Personae and Authenticity in the Country Music Biopic Bruce Babington 84
Stardom, Reception and the ABBA 'Musical' Jonathan Rayner 99
The Post-Classical Hollywood Musical 113
Musical Performance and the Cult Film Experience Ian Conrich 115
The Soundtrack Movie, Nostalgia and Consumption Estella Tincknell 132
Youth, Excess and the Musical Moment Scott Henderson 146
Music, Film and Post-Stonewall Gay Identity Gregory Woods Tim Franks 158
Beyond Hollywood 169
Early Danish Musical Comedies, 1931-9 Niels Hartvigson 171
Film Musicals in the GDR Andrea Rinke 183
Music in the Bollywood Film Heather Tyrrell Rajinder Dudrah 195
Bibliography 209
Index 218
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