Costume and Cinema

Sarah Street

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Wallflower Press
06 March 2002

Theatre Studies; Theatre: technical & background skills; Films, movies & cinema

Presents an overview of the literature on film costume together with a series of detailed case studies that highlight how costume is a key signifier in film. The author demonstrates how costume relates in fundamental ways to the study of film narrative and mise-en-scene through the study of such popular films as The Matrix and The Talented Mr Ripley. Presents an overview of the literature on film costume together with a series of detailed case studies that highlight how costume is a key signifier in film, arguing for a more sophisticated reading of cinematic fashions. The author demonstrates how costume relates in fundamental ways to the study of film narrative and mise-en-scene, in some case constituting a language of its own. In particular the book foregrounds the issues of adaptation and embodiment in a variety of genres through analysis of such popular films as The Matrix and The Talented Mr Ripley.

By: Sarah Street
Imprint: Wallflower Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 192g
ISBN: 9781903364185
ISBN 10: 1903364183
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 06 March 2002
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sarah Street is a Senior Lecturer at the Dept of Drama, University of Bristol. She is the author of British National Cinema (Routledge, 1997) and British Cinema in Documents (Routledge, 2000)

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