Buckland, Warren.
Directed by Steven Spielberg : poetics of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster / Warren Buckland. - New York : Continuum, c2006. - 242 p. ill. ; 24 cm. NFIC
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.
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).
9780826416919 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780826416926 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0826416918 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0826416926 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2005036727
Spielberg, Steven, 1946- --Criticism and interpretation.
Blockbusters (Motion pictures)
PN1998.3.S65 / B83 2006
791.43
Directed by Steven Spielberg : poetics of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster / Warren Buckland. - New York : Continuum, c2006. - 242 p. ill. ; 24 cm. NFIC
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.
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).
9780826416919 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780826416926 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0826416918 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0826416926 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2005036727
Spielberg, Steven, 1946- --Criticism and interpretation.
Blockbusters (Motion pictures)
PN1998.3.S65 / B83 2006
791.43