Anatomy of a genre is a close and detailed study of an entire class of movies over 1,000 films in total, pertaining to world war ii. Jeanine basinger on stars of the movie musical from the author, most recently, of the movie musical. Leading film historian jeanine basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and zest, the whole story leading film historian jeanine basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and zest, the whole story of the hollywood musicalin the most telling, most incisive, most detailed, most gorgeously illustrated book of her long and remarkable career. This article has been adapted from jeanine basinger s new book. Courtesy of penguin random house the movie musical.
Anatomy of a genre by professor jeanine basinger online at alibris. From bataan to battleground to the dirty dozen to saving private ryan, the book one of americas most renowned film scholars, jeanine basinger, offers a revealing, perceptive and highly readable look at the combat film. Her books arent dense and if theres theory, its presented at a level most can probably appreciate. Basinger, chair of film studies at wesleyan, uses 200 film stills half in color in a savvy analysis of how movies manipulate audiences and how genre conventions such as screwball comedies, war. Jeanine basinger is the corwinfuller professor of film studies, founder and curator of the wesleyan cinema archives, chair of the film studies department, and a twotime recipient of wesleyans binswanger prize for excellence in teaching. A new book by jeanine basinger is cause for celebration. Jeanine basinger is a woman of a certain agenot to put too fine a point on it, my ageand so, like me, grew up as a moviegoer of a kind that no longer exists today. Is a symphony in praise of the razzmatazz of the genre jeanine basinger argues, authoritatively and passionately, that the musical has never really left us, that. Jeanine basinger is the founder of the department of film studies at wesleyan university and the curator of the cinema archives there. Jeanine basinger born 3 february 1936, a film historian, was for many years the corwinfuller professor of film studies and founder and curator of the cinema archives at wesleyan university, middletown, connecticut. In jeanine basinger s the genre she describes three main purposes of a womans film. Ryan, the book traces the evolution of the combat genre, as its recurring characters.
Mentor to some of contemporary cinemas top directors joss whedon and michael bay and founder of the department of film studies at wesleyan university, jeanine basinger built. In this bold, thorough study, jeanine basinger covers the history of the world war ii. The star machine by basinger, jeanine october 23, 2007 hardcover jan 1, 1800. From bataan to battleground to the dirty dozen to saving private ryan, the book traces the evolution of. She is the author of i do and i dont, the star machine, and. A history of marriage in the movies by jeanine basinger and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. She has written eleven other books on film, including i do and i dont. Jeanine basinger holds a bs and ms from south dakota state university. With revelatory insights and delightful asides, jeanine basinger shows us how the studio star machine worked when it. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. Nov 10, 2019 jeanine basinger is a veteran film historian and author with a wellrespected body of work including 11 books behind her. Oct 31, 2007 on the roll call of names that made hollywood shine in its golden age, dennis morgan comes well down the list. Jeanine basinger is the corwinfuller professor of film studies, founder and curator of the wesleyan cinema archives, chair of the film studies department, and a 1996 recipient of wesleyans binswanger prize for excellence in teaching. Anatomy of a genre 9780231059527 by basinger, jeanine and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
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Browse audiobooks written by jeanine basinger sorted by. Nov 05, 2019 leading film historian jeanine basinger reveals, with her trademark wit and zest, the whole story of the hollywood musicalin the most telling, most incisive, most detailed, most gorgeously illustrated book of her long and remarkable career. Is a symphony in praise of the razzmatazz of the genre. Dec 03, 2019 jeanine basingers sweeping history casts an insightful, and affectionate, eye over decades of films that defined their eras.
Ernst lubitsch and rouben mamoulian made what formerly had been a stagebound tradition into a viable hollywood genre. Discussing over one thousand movies, basinger covers indepth the key examples of the genre and uses them to define the meaning of genre itself. Basinger starts by discussing the filmed vaudeville shorts that played in theaters even before hollywood switched over to exclusively producing sound features in 1929, and goes all the way up to 2018s bohemian rhapsody. Jeanine basinger is a veteran film historian and author with a wellrespected body of work including 11 books behind her. Yet morgan, a vaguely handsome leading man with a pleasant tenor voice, generated. Basinger looks at the stars who played these women kay francis. With revelatory insights and delightful asides, jeanine basinger shows us how the studio star machine worked when it worked, how it failed when it didnt, and how irrelevant it could sometimes be. Basinger combines a historical approach to genre with a study of one of the most important and popular categories of film, to present a definitive analysis of the evolution of a genre.
With her largehearted understanding of how moviesand audienceswork, jeanine basinger traces the many ways hollywood has tussled with this tricky subject, explicating the relationships of countless marriages from blondie and dagwood to the heartrending couple in the iranian a separation, from tracy and hepburn to laurel and hardy a. Jeanine basinger books list of books by author jeanine. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jeanine basinger books online. As the author, she is particularly known for her books the star machine and silent stars. Knowledgeably written by jeanine basinger corwinfuller professor of film studies, wesleyan university, the world war ii combat film. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read silent stars. Jeanine basinger gives us an immensely entertaining look into the star machine, examining how, at the height of the studio system, from the 1930s to the 1950s, the studios worked to manufacture star actors and. Jan 28, 20 books whats happened to us jeanine basingers i do and i dont.
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