Costume and Cinema
Author | : Sarah Street |
Publisher | : Wallflower Press |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 1903364183 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781903364185 |
Rating | : 4/5 (185 Downloads) |
Download or read book Costume and Cinema written by Sarah Street and published by Wallflower Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Costume and Cinema: Dress Codes in Popular Film presents an overview of the literature on film costume, together with a series of detailed case studies which highlight how costume is a key signifier in film texts. Sarah Street demonstrates how costume relates in fundamental ways to the study of film narrative and mise-en-scene, in some cases constituting a language of its own. In particular the book foregrounds the related issues of adaptation and embodiment in a variety of different genres and investigates this under-explored area through extensive analysis of popular films including The Talented Mr Ripley, Desperately Seeking Susan, and The Matrix.