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Discusses dozens of classic and contemporary films ranging from "Bringing Up Baby" to "Terms of Endearment", from "Stagecoach" to "Reservoir Dogs". This book studies the use of dialogue in American film. It shows why dialogue has been neglected in the analysis of narrative film.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Study of Filmic Speech
PART ONE
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
1. The Functions of Dialogue in Narrative Film
2. Structural and Stylistic Variables
3· Integration
PART TWO
DIALOGUE AND GENRE
4· Verbal Frontiers: Dialogue in Westerns
5· Word Play: Dialogue in Screwball Comedies
6. Words as Weapons: Dialogue in Gangster Films
7· Misunderstandings: Dialogue in Melodramas
Conclusion
Notes
Select Filmography
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 30/03/2000
      ISBN13: 9780520221383, 978-0520221383
      ISBN10: 0520221389
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Discusses dozens of classic and contemporary films ranging from "Bringing Up Baby" to "Terms of Endearment", from "Stagecoach" to "Reservoir Dogs". This book studies the use of dialogue in American film. It shows why dialogue has been neglected in the analysis of narrative film.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: The Study of Filmic Speech
      PART ONE
      GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
      1. The Functions of Dialogue in Narrative Film
      2. Structural and Stylistic Variables
      3· Integration
      PART TWO
      DIALOGUE AND GENRE
      4· Verbal Frontiers: Dialogue in Westerns
      5· Word Play: Dialogue in Screwball Comedies
      6. Words as Weapons: Dialogue in Gangster Films
      7· Misunderstandings: Dialogue in Melodramas
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Select Filmography
      Bibliography
      Index

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