Description
Book SynopsisThe scope of this collection is indicative of the breadth and diversity of music's role in cinema, as is its emphasis on musical contributions to 'non-musical' films. It brings together chapters that are concerned with the relationship between performance, music and film and the specificity of national, historical, social, and cultural contexts.
Trade ReviewThe strength of Film's Musical Moments is unltimately based on the strength of the individual contributions. Yet this is something more than a collection of articles about music in film. -- Guy Barefoot, University of Leicester Journal of British Cinema and Television The strength of Film's Musical Moments is unltimately based on the strength of the individual contributions. Yet this is something more than a collection of articles about music in film.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; PART I: MUSIC, FILM, CULTURE; 1. Jazz, Ideology and the Animated Cartoon; 2. A Short History of the Big Band Musical; 3. Television, the Pop Industry and the Hollywood Musical; 4. The Operatic in New German Cinema; PART II: STARS, PERFORMANCE AND RECEPTION; 5. Jack Buchanan and the British Musical Comedy of the 1930s; 6. Star Personae and Authenticity in the Country Music Biopic; 7. Stardom, Reception and the ABBA 'Musical'; PART III: THE POST-CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL; 8. Musical Performance and the Cult Film Experience; 9. The Soundtrack Movie, Nostalgia and Consumption; 10. Youth, Excess and the Musical Moment; 11. Music, Film and Post-Stonewall Gay Identity; PART IV: BEYOND HOLLYWOOD; 12. Early Danish Musical Comedies, 1931-1939; 13. Film Musicals in the GDR; 14. The Bollywood Musical.
