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Spectacle in Classical Cinemas: Musicality and Historicity in the 1930s

Spectacle in Classical Cinemas: Musicality and Historicity in the 1930s

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

20th Century United States HistoryFilm StudiesFrench History

ISBN10: 1138852945
ISBN13: 9781138852945
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 14 2015
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Spectacle is not often considered to be a significant part of the style of 'classical' cinema. Indeed, some of the most influential accounts of cinematic classicism define it virtually by the supposed absence of spectacle. Spectacle in 'Classical' Cinemas: Musicality and Historicity in the 1930s brings a fresh perspective on the role of the spectacular in classical sound cinema by focusing on one decade of cinema (the 1930s), in two 'modes' of filmmaking (musical and historical films), and in two national cinemas (the US and France). This not only brings to light the special rhetorical and affective possibilities offered by spectacular images but refines our understanding of what 'classical' cinema is and was.

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