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Directed by Steven Spielberg : poetics of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster
- Title
- Directed by Steven Spielberg : poetics of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster / Warren Buckland.
- Author
- Buckland, Warren.
- Publication
- New York : Continuum, 2006.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 242 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.
- Contents
- Origins of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster -- Poetics of film directing -- Pre-blockbuster work: from Amblin' (1968) to Duel (1971) -- "Duel with a shark": Jaws (1975) -- The UFO experience: Close encounters of the third kind (1977 theatrical release) -- Serials, chase scenes, and off-screen presences: Raiders of the lost ark (1981) -- Dramas of suburbia and authorship: Poltergeist (1982) and E.T (1982), or, who really directed Poltergeist? -- "Close encounters of the prehistoric kind": narrative, narration, and spectacle in Jurassic Park (1993) -- Precogs dream of future murders (not electric sheep): Minority report (2002) -- News from Mars: War of the worlds (2005).
- Call Number
- MWES (Spielberg, S.) 06-5743
- ISBN
- 0826416918 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0826416926 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005036727
- 9780826416919
- 9780826416926
- OCLC
- 62728627
- vendorOCM62728627
- Author
- Buckland, Warren.
- Title
- Directed by Steven Spielberg : poetics of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster / Warren Buckland.
- Imprint
- New York : Continuum, 2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 97808264169199780826416926
- Research Call Number
- MWES (Spielberg, S.) 06-5743