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"Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation" explores and elucidates constructions of this fundamental concept in thinking about film. In uncovering the history of mise-en-scène within film criticism, and through the detailed exploration of scenes from films as "Imitation of Life" and "Lone Star, " John Gibbs makes the case for the importance of a sensitive understanding of film style, and provides an introduction to the skills of close reading. This book thus celebrates film-making as well as film criticism that is alive to the creative possibilities of visual style.
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Mise-en-scène : film style and interpretation, John Gibbs
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- Title
- Mise-en-scène : film style and interpretation
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Gibbs
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 190336406x
- ISBN13
- 9781903364062
- Series
- Collection
- Short cuts
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Art, Filmthema, Film, Criticism
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- "Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation" explores and elucidates constructions of this fundamental concept in thinking about film. In uncovering the history of mise-en-scène within film criticism, and through the detailed exploration of scenes from films as "Imitation of Life" and "Lone Star, " John Gibbs makes the case for the importance of a sensitive understanding of film style, and provides an introduction to the skills of close reading. This book thus celebrates film-making as well as film criticism that is alive to the creative possibilities of visual style.