Film/Genre

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Summary: ok but....
Review: i found it to be empty. liked information, but had difficulty in furthering

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Summary: Dry and pompous
Review: One man's opinions blown up to textbook proportions is what this book is centered on. Altman assumes an ignorant reader in his spotty descriptions of genre and its development and subsequently deluges the reader with bizarre references and highly conservative opinions presented as well-understood fact. Genre history is touched upon but never developed, and chapter divisions are somewhat random. What Altman chooses to develop is never fully realized and his reasoning is less than understood.

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Summary: groundbreaking
Review: This is a groundbreaking study, sure to change thinking about the notion of genre, within film studies and beyond. The book is also written with a wonderful sense of humor, even though this is a serious study. Don't pick this up if you just have a light interest in genre films, but if you want to think long and hard about the very category of genre itself. I'd say the book was worth owing for the massive bibliography alone.

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Summary: GREAT BOOK!!!
Review: Too be as short as possilbe: Anybody who is even slightly interested in the field of genre theory should read this book.