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Storytelling in the New Hollywood: Understanding Classical Narrative Technique
Storytelling in the New Hollywood Understanding Classical Narrative Technique Author:Kristin Thompson Drawing on a wide range of films from the 1920s to the 1990s--from Keaton's Our Hospitality to Casablanca to Terminator 2, Kristin Thompson offers the first in-depth analysis of Hollywood's storytelling techniques and how they are used to make complex, easily comprehensible, entertaining films. Thompson then demonstrates in ... more »detail how classical narrative techniques work in ten box-office and critical successes made since the New Hollywood began in the 1970s including Tootsie, The Silence of the Lambs, Parenthood, Alien, and Hannah and Her Sisters.« less