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Author MacDowell, James, author.

Title Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema : Cliche, Convention and the Final Couple.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (v, 218 pages)
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Contents Cover; Title Page; Imprint; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The 'happy ending': the making of a reputation; 1 The 'happy ending' and homogeneity; 2 Happy endings and closure; 3 Happy endings and unrealism; 4 Happy endings and ideology; Conclusion Provisions for the future; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Hollywood 'happy ending' has long been considered among the most famous and standardised features in the whole of narrative filmmaking. Yet, while ceaselessly invoked, this notorious device has received barely any detailed attention from the field of film studies. This book is thus the first in-depth examination of one of the most overused and under-analysed concepts in discussions of popular cinema. What exactly is the 'happy ending'? Is it simply a cliché, as commonly supposed? Why has it earned such an unenviable reputation? What does it, or can it, mean? Concentrating especially on conclus.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
Motion pictures.
United States.
History.
Storytelling.
Storytelling.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: MacDowell, James. Happy endings in Hollywood cinema. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2013] 9780748680177 (OCoLC)856628499
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