Costume and Cinema
Dress Codes in Popular Film
by Sarah Street
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Book Presentation:
"Costume and Cinema: Dress Codes in Popular Film" presents an overview of the literature on film costume, together with a series of detailed case studies which highlight how costume is a key signifier in film texts. Sarah Street demonstrates how costume relates in fundamental ways to the study of film narrative and mise-en-sc?ne, in some cases constituting a language of its own. In particular the book foregrounds the related issues of adaptation and embodiment in a variety of different genres and investigates this under-explored area through extensive analysis of popular films including "The Talented Mr Ripley, Desperately Seeking Susan, " and "The Matrix."
About the Author:
Sarah Street is a senior lecturer in the Department of Drama, University of Bristol, UK. She has written widely on British cinema and her publications include British National Cinema and British Cinema in Documents.
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