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The book proposes an ambitious new framework for understanding the distinctiveness of Indian cinema within a global context dominated by Hollywood. With its sudden explosions into song-and-dance sequences, half-time intermissions, and heavy traces of censorship, Indian cinema can be seen as a "cinema of interruptions." To the uninitiated viewer, brought up on the seamless linear plotting of Hollywood narrative, this unfamiliar tendency toward digression may appear random and superfluous. Yet this book argues that in the hands of imaginative directors, the conventions of Indian cinema become opportunities for narrative play and personal expression in such films as Sholay (1975), Nayakan (1987), Parinda (1989), Hathyar (1981), and Hey Ram! (1999).
Central to this study is the relationship Indian cinema shares with its audience, and an understanding of the pleasures it offers the cinephile. In articulating this bond, Gopalan presents a fresh framework for understanding popular Indian cinema and an important new contribution to film genre studies.
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Lalitha Gopalan teaches Film Studies at Georgetown University where she is an Assistant Professor in the School of Foreign Service and Department of English.
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Cinema of interruptions : action genres in contemporary Indian cinema.
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British Film Institute, 2002
ISBN 10: 0851709230
ISBN 13: 9780851709239
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Condizione: very good. New Delhi : Oxford University Press., 2002. Hardcover. vi,218 pp. - A framework for understanding the distinctiveness of Indian cinema as a national cinema within a global context dominated by Hollywood is proposed by this book. With its sudden explosions into song-and-dance sequences, half-time intermissions and heavy traces of censorship, Indian cinema can be identified as a Cinema of Interruptions . To the uninitiated viewer, brought up on the seamless linear plotting of Hollywood narrative, this unfamiliar tendency towards digression may appear random and superfluous, yet this book argues that such devices assist in the construction of a distinct visual and narrative time-space. In the hands of imaginative directors, the conventions of Indian cinema become opportunities for narrative play and personal expression in such films as Sholay (1975), Nayakan (1987), Parinda (1989), Hathyar (1981) and Hey Ram! (1999). Cinema of Interruptions places commercial Indian film within a global system of popular cinemas, but also points out its engagement with the dominant genre principles implemented by Western film. By focusing on the action-genre work of leading contemporary directors J.P. Dutta, Mani Rutnam, and Vidhu Vinod Chopra, brazen national style is shown to interact with international genre films to produce a hybrid form that reworks the gangster film, the western and the avenging woman genre. Central to this study is the relationship Indian cinema shares with its audience, and an understanding of the pleasures it offers the cinephile. In articulating this bond the book presents not only a fresh framework for understanding popular Indian cinema but also a contribution to film genre studies. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780851709239. Keywords : FILM, India. Codice articolo 276522
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Cinema of Interruptions: Action Genres in Contemporary Indian Cinema
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British Film Institute, 2002
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Condizione: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, and may have sticker on cover, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. Codice articolo Z1-T-020-02068
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British Film Institute, 2002
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ISBN 13: 9780851709239
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hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good. book. Codice articolo ERICA82908517092304
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