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El. knyga: Companion to Steven Spielberg [Wiley Online]

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A Companion to Steven Spielberg provides an authoritative collection of essays exploring the achievements and legacy of one of the most influential film directors of the modern era.





Offers comprehensive coverage of Spielbergs directorial output, from early works including Duel, The Sugarland Express, and Jaws, to recent films Explores Spielbergs contribution to the development of visual effects and computer games, as well as the critical and popular reception of his films Topics include in-depth analyses of Spielbergs themes, style, and filming techniques; commercial and cultural significance of the Spielberg brand and his parallel career as a producer; and collaborative projects with artists and composers Brings together an international team of renowned scholars and emergent voices, balancing multiple perspectives and critical approaches Creates a timely and illuminating resource which acknowledges the ambiguity and complexity of Spielbergs work, and reflects its increasing importance to film scholarship  
Notes on Contributors x
Acknowledgements xvii
Film and Television Programs: Steven Spielberg (chronological) xviii
1 Introduction
1(24)
Nigel Morris
Part One: Industry and Agency 25(34)
2 Spielberg as Director, Producer, and Movie Mogul
27(18)
Thomas Schatz
3 Producing the Spielberg "Brand"
45(14)
James Russell
Part Two: Narration and Style 59(114)
4 Magisterial Juvenilia: Amblin' and Spielberg's Early Television Work
61(42)
Nigel Morris
5 Finding His Voice: Experimentation and Innovation in Duel, The Sugarland Express, and 1941
103(19)
James Kendrick
6 Creating a Cliffhanger: Narration in The Lost World: Jurassic Park
122(15)
Warren Buckland
7 Steven Spielberg and the Rhetoric of an Ending
137(22)
Michael Walker
8 The Spielberg Gesture: Performance and Intensified Continuity
159(14)
Steven Rybin
Part Three: Collaborations and Intertexts 173(68)
9 Spielberg-Williams: Symphonic Cinema
175(20)
Jack Sullivan
10 Spielberg and Kubrick
195(17)
Peter Kramer
11 Spielberg and Adaptation
212(15)
I.Q. Hunter
12 "A very cruel death of innocence": Notes Toward an Appreciation of Spielberg's Film of Empire of the Sun
227(14)
Neil Sinyard
Part Four: Themes and Variations 241(64)
13 "Who am I, David?": Motherhood in Spielberg's Dramas of Family Dysfunction
243(15)
Linda Ruth Williams
14 Close Encounters of the Paternal Kind: Spielberg's Fatherhoods
258(18)
Murray Pomerance
15 Spielberg and Rockwell: Realism and the Liberal Imagination
276(15)
Frederick Wasser
16 Too Brave for Foolish Pride: Violence in the Films of Steven Spielberg
291(14)
Stephen Prince
Part Five: Spielberg, History, and Identity 305(82)
17 Morality Tales? Visions of the Past in Spielberg's History Plays
307(13)
Sarah Barrow
18 "Britain's Secret Schindler": The Impact of Schindler's List on British Media Perceptions of Civilian Heroes
320(16)
Erin Bell
19 The (M)orality of Murder: Jews, Food, and Steven Spielberg's Munich
336(17)
Nathan Abrams
Gerwyn Owen
20 You Must Remember This: History as Film/ Film as History
353(21)
Lester D. Friedman
21 Violence and Memory in Spielberg's Lincoln
374(13)
Robert Burgoyne
John Trafton
Part Six: Spielberg in the Digital Age 387(46)
22 The Spielberg Effects
389(21)
Dan North
23 Spielberg and Video Games (1982 to 2010)
410(23)
Grethe Mitchell
Part Seven: Reception 433(46)
24 Sharks, Aliens, and Nazis: The Crisis of Film Criticism and the Rise of Steven Spielberg
435(17)
Raymond" Haberski Jr
25 Spielberg, Fandom, and the Popular Appeal of His Blockbuster Movies
452(14)
Lincoln Geraghty
26 Steven Spielberg and the Rise of the Celebrity Film Director
466(13)
Kirsty Fairclough
Andy Willis
Index of Film and Television Programs 479(9)
Index 488
Nigel Morris is Principal Lecturer in Media, School of Film and Media, University of Lincoln, UK, specializing in film, television, and media, cultural and educational studies. He is the author of The Cinema of Steven Spielberg (2007).