This volume gets to the heart of what films mean to people on personal, political and commercial levels. Exploring value judgements that underpin social, academic and institutional practices, it examines the diverse forms of worth attributed to a range of international films in relation to taste, passion, morality and aesthetics.

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STEVEN ALLEN Senior Lecturer in Media and Film Studies at the University of Winchester, UK ADÁN AVALOS PhD candidate at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, USA TOM BROWN Lecturer in film at the University of Reading, UK OLUYINKA ESAN Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Winchester, UK OWEN EVANS Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities at Swansea University, UK LINCOLN GERAGHTY Principal Lecturer in Film Studies and Subject Leader for Media Studies in the School of Creative Arts, Film and Media at the University of Portsmouth, UK LEIGHTON GRIST Senior Lecturer in Media and Film Studies at the University of Winchester, UK SHAUN KIMBER Senior Lecturer in the Media School at Bournemouth University, UK JAMES WALTERS Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK MARY P WOOD Professor of European Cinema, and Head of the Department of Media and Cultural Studies, at Birkbeck, University of London, UK

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Contents Acknowledgements List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Valuing Films; L.Hubner PART I: POLITICS, CRITICISM AND THE CANON Use and Exchange: The Politics of Film Evaluation; L.Grist Sense and Sensibilities: The Value of Coherence in the Contemporary Twist Film; J.Walters Spectacle and Value in Classical Hollywood Cinema; T.Brown PART II: FANS, AUDIENCES AND SHIFTING CANONS Getting Animated Valuing Anime; S.Allen Authenticity, Popular Aesthetics and the Sub-Cultural Politics of an Unwanted Blockbuster: The Case of Transformers; L.Geraghty ¡Que Naco! Mexican Popular Cinema, La Banda del Carro Rojo and the Audience; A.Avalos Audience Appreciation of Nigerian Films (Nollywood); O.Esan PART III: INSTITUTIONS OF TASTE, QUALITY AND VALUE Valuing Film Violence: Student Perceptions on the Inclusion of Violent Films and Film Violence Within the Undergraduate Learning Experience; S.Kimber 'The Many Ways of Looking at Cinema': Sight and Sound and the Value of Film; O.Evans Delivering the Quality Experience: Franco Zeffirelli; M.P.Wood A Vogue for Flesh and Blood? Shifting Classifications of Contemporary European Cinema; L.Hubner PART IV: AFTERTHOUGHTS Shifting Perceptions of Worth; L.Hubner Index