Wit's End : Making Sense of the Great Movies.

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Author / Creator:	Combs, James E.
Imprint:	Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (372 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Motion pictures -- Appreciation. Motion pictures -- Sociological aspects. Motion pictures -- Appreciation. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11171803

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ISBN:	9781443824699 1443824690 9781443824262
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-362). Print version record.
Summary:	This book is a study of the "Great Movies," that fluid category of feature films deemed by various authorities-film societies, critics, academics, and movie enthusiasts-to be the enduring and memorable works of cinematic history. But what are they about? In Wit's End, the author attempts to "make sense" of these films in order to understand their greatness in the context of their relation to other films and to the worlds they come from and recreate on screen. To that end, we employ the conce ...
Other form:	Print version: Combs, James E. Wit's End : Making Sense of the Great Movies. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2010 9781443824262

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