Characterization in American Independant CinemaUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 2005 - 350 pages |
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aesthetic American independent cinema argue art cinema aspects attribution audience behavior Big Lebowski Bordwell Cambridge Carol causal Chantelle Chapter character and characterization character psychology classical Coen brothers coherence complexity conception construction conventional critics cues cultural David Bordwell Dawn Dawn's depth devices discussion distinction Dollhouse Dude effect Ekman emotion expressions especially example experience expressions of emotion face facial expressions Fiction Film Theory film's filmmakers folk psychology function genre types goals Hard Eight Haynes Hollywood Hollywood cinema human independent films inferences interest in character John kind main characters mainstream May-Alice means mise en scène motivation narrative events Noël Carroll Passion Fish Paul Ekman personality traits plot realism relation representation represented Reservoir Dogs Sayles scene sense shallow significant situation Smith social cognition specific spectator stereotypes story storytelling style stylistic subjective narration Sydney techniques temporal thematic Todd Haynes typically understanding viewing strategies visual vocal expressions York