The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom

Informationen zum Autor Deborah Allison is a London-based cinema programmer. She holds a doctorate in film studies from the University of East Anglia, and her writing has appeared in more than a dozen books and journals, including Film Criticism, Film Quarterly, Senses of Cinema, Screen, Scope and The Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film. Klappentext The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom, by Deborah Allison, examines eight films by the contemporary British director Michael Winterbottom. This study explores the ways his inflection of established genre traditions partake in a personal, idiosyncratic style of film-making. Across a career encompassing both mainstream and art house cinema, the potency and integrity of his authorship unites films as generically diverse as the road film Butterfly Kiss, western drama The Claim, science fiction movie Code 46, and docudrama The Road to Guantanamo.

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The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom, by Deborah Allison, examines eight films by the contemporary British director Michael Winterbottom. This study explores the ways his inflection of established genre traditions partake in a personal, idiosyncratic style of film-making. Across a career encompassing both mainstream and art house cinema, the potency and integrity of his authorship unites films as generically diverse as the road film Butterfly Kiss, western drama The Claim, science fiction movie Code 46, and docudrama The Road to Guantanamo.

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Introduction Chapter One. Butterfly Kiss: The Road Movie Chapter Two. Jude: The Heritage Film Chapter Three. Welcome to Sarajevo: War Cinema Chapter Four. Wonderland: Social Realist Drama Chapter Five. The Claim: The Western Chapter Six. Code 46: Science Fiction Chapter Seven. The Road to Guantanamo: Docudrama Chapter Eight. The Killer Inside Me: Neo-Noir Conclusion Filmography