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This book focuses on the significance and effect of theatrical subject matter in key films in several genres, and ranges from Busby Berkeley to Ingmar Bergman, and from the haunted backstage world of The Phantom of the Opera to the sinister glamour of The Red Shoes and the theatrical politics of Mephisto and The Lives of Others.

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Introduction: the lure of the theatre
1. The backstage movie and the patterns of theatre life
2. Biopics, classic and revisionist
3. All about the actress
4. The uncanny theatre
5. Theatricality and politics
6. Three auteurs and the theatre
Conclusion
Index

Theatres on Film How the Cinema Imagines the

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 11/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719099922, 978-0719099922
      ISBN10: 0719099927

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book focuses on the significance and effect of theatrical subject matter in key films in several genres, and ranges from Busby Berkeley to Ingmar Bergman, and from the haunted backstage world of The Phantom of the Opera to the sinister glamour of The Red Shoes and the theatrical politics of Mephisto and The Lives of Others.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: the lure of the theatre
      1. The backstage movie and the patterns of theatre life
      2. Biopics, classic and revisionist
      3. All about the actress
      4. The uncanny theatre
      5. Theatricality and politics
      6. Three auteurs and the theatre
      Conclusion
      Index

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