Iluminace 2018, 30(4):135-139

Theory of the Narrative Bang (David Bordwell, Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling)

Martin Kos

Martin Kos's review presents David Bordwell's monograph Reinventing Hollywood, which uses analytical and historical poetics to map in detail the narrative innovations in Hollywood production in the 1940s. While praising the complexity of the research, the author criticizes the mechanical piling up of examples and the unconvincing argumentation regarding the influence of the period under study on contemporary cinema.

Keywords: David Bordwell, Reinventing Hollywood, film narrative, historical poetics, Martin Kos

Published: December 1, 2018  Show citation

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Kos, M. (2018). Theory of the Narrative Bang (David Bordwell, Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling). Iluminace, 30(4), 135-139
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    References

    1. David Bordwell, Poetics of Cinema. London - New York: Routledge 2008.
    2. David Bordwell, Narration in the Fiction Film. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press 1985.
    3. David Bordwell - Janet Staiger - Kristin Thompson, The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style & Mode of Production to 1960. New York: Columbia University Press 1985. Go to original source...
    4. David Bordwell, Making Meaning: Inference and Rhetoric in the Interpretation of Cinema. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 1989. Go to original source...

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