{"product_id":"9783030447380","title":"Interpretation and Film Studies: Movie Made Meanings","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInterpretation and Film Studies: Movie Made Meanings\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eNovak, Phillip\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that the sustained interpretation of individual movies has, contrary to conventional wisdom, never been a major preoccupation of film studies—that, indeed, the field is marked by a dearth of effective, engaging, and enlightening critical analyses of single films. The book makes this case by surveying what has been written about four historically important and well-known movies (D. W. Griffith’s \u003ci\u003eWay Down East\u003c\/i\u003e, Marcel Carné’s \u003ci\u003ePort of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, Mike Nichols’s \u003ci\u003eThe Graduate\u003c\/i\u003e, and Michelangelo Antonioni’s \u003ci\u003eRed Desert\u003c\/i\u003e), none of which has been the focus of sustained critical attention, and by exhaustively examining the kinds of work published in four influential film journals (\u003ci\u003eCinema Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScreen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWide Angle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMovie\u003c\/i\u003e).  The book goes on to argue for the value of the work of interpretation, illustrating this value through extended analyses of Roman Polanski’s \u003ci\u003eChinatown\u003c\/i\u003e and Christopher Nolan’s \u003ci\u003eMemento\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which thematize interpretation. Novak demonstrates the causes and consequences of reading poorly and the importance of reading well.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-08-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030447380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-44739-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 252\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45441340309644,"sku":"9783030447380","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030447380.jpg?v=1776044170","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030447380","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}