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Critical Approaches to the Films of M. Night Shyamalan represents the first serious academic engagement with auteur director M. Night Shyamalan and his work. The essays, including contributions from established film scholars David Sterritt, Murray Pomerance, Emmanuel Burdeau, R. Barton Palmer, Matt...

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Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:	Cultural and Media Studies. Cultural History. Directing. Film History. Film and Television Studies. Media Studies. Civilization > History. Communication. Culture > Study and teaching. Motion pictures and television. Motion pictures > History. Motion pictures > Production and direction. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Critical Approaches to the Films of M. Night Shyamalan represents the first serious academic engagement with auteur director M. Night Shyamalan and his work. The essays, including contributions from established film scholars David Sterritt, Murray Pomerance, Emmanuel Burdeau, R. Barton Palmer, Matt Hills, and Katherine Fowkes, explore the Hollywood blockbusters from The Sixth Sense to The Happening in terms of their themes, aesthetics, and marketing. Taken together, the collection recognizes and explores Shyamalan s "star status" and offers the concerted analysis that this cultural phenomenon requires.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (XXIX, 233 pages)
ISBN:	9780230112094
DOI:	10.1057/9780230112094