Cinematic TV : serial drama goes to the movies /

"In the last two decades, media scholars have often suggested that television has become cinematic. Once considered "a mere instrument of transmission," as Rudolf Arnheim put it, or derided as a vast wasteland, TV is now praised for its visual density and complexity. Serial dramas, in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Richards, Rashna Wadia, 1977- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Television series > United States > History and criticism. Fiction television programs > United States > History and criticism. Television > Production and direction > United States. Cinematography > United States. Motion pictures and television > United States. Motion pictures > United States. Séries télévisées > États-Unis > Histoire et critique. Fictions télévisées > États-Unis > Histoire et critique. Télévision > Production et réalisation > États-Unis. Cinéma > États-Unis. Cinéma et télévision > États-Unis. Television. PERFORMING ARTS. Cinematography Fiction television programs Motion pictures and television Television > Production and direction Television series United States Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction. What is cinematic TV?
"How about ... We watch a scary movie together" : paying tribute
"You see everything" : evoking cinema
"You're nobody's mommy" : overlapping genres
"This isn't some TV show, okay?" : Mocking cinema
Epilogue. What do TV critics dream about?