Romantic Comedy offers an introduction to the analysis of a popular but overlooked film genre. The book provides an overview of Hollywood's romantic comedy conventions, examining iconography, narrative patterns, and ideology. Chapters discuss important subgroupings within the genre: screwball sex comedy and the radical romantic comedy of the 1970s. A final chapter traces the lasting influence of these earlier forms within current romantic comedies. Films include: Pillow Talk (1959), Annie Hall (1977), and You've Got Mail (1998).
ISBN: | 9781905674022 |
Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
Imprint: | Wallflower Press |
Published date: | 10 Apr 2007 |
DEWEY: | 791.43617 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 133 |
Weight: | 216g |
Height: | 200mm |
Width: | 153mm |
Spine width: | 10mm |