Polan Dana (New York University Uk)
Polan Dana (New York University Uk) - Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - Paperback
Polan Dana (New York University Uk) - Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - Paperback
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Description: Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) is a film very much of its cinematic moment combining the gritty realism of entrapment in the everyday with furtive dreams of escape. Dana Polan's compelling study of the film examines its significance to New Hollywood cinema and the science fiction genre. He argues that Close Encounters is a film that is an allegory of the cinematic experience overall; it both narrates a tale of visual seduction and plays it out viscerally for the spectator who shares the amazement of the protagonist Roy Neary as his mundane reality is transformed into something awe - inspiring. Providing an in - depth look into the film's production history including all three different versions Polan situates Close Encounters within Spielberg's repertoire. He argues that despite the film's popular success it is in fact a rejection of several entrenched American values including family home and marriage. It offers through its visual fascination alternative understandings of masculinity and morality familial responsibility and what it means to follow the American Dream'.
Title: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Author(s): Polan Dana (New York University Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781839025778
Pages: 104 Pages, 60 Colour Illus
Publication Date: 10/3/2024
Series: BFI Film Classics
Category: Science Fiction
Description: Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) is a film very much of its cinematic moment combining the gritty realism of entrapment in the everyday with furtive dreams of escape. Dana Polan's compelling study of the film examines its significance to New Hollywood cinema and the science fiction genre. He argues that Close Encounters is a film that is an allegory of the cinematic experience overall; it both narrates a tale of visual seduction and plays it out viscerally for the spectator who shares the amazement of the protagonist Roy Neary as his mundane reality is transformed into something awe - inspiring. Providing an in - depth look into the film's production history including all three different versions Polan situates Close Encounters within Spielberg's repertoire. He argues that despite the film's popular success it is in fact a rejection of several entrenched American values including family home and marriage. It offers through its visual fascination alternative understandings of masculinity and morality familial responsibility and what it means to follow the American Dream'.
Title: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Author(s): Polan Dana (New York University Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781839025778
Pages: 104 Pages, 60 Colour Illus
Publication Date: 10/3/2024
Series: BFI Film Classics
Category: Science Fiction
