Valuing Films: Shifting Perceptions of Worth

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: Valuing Films....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Use and Exchange: The Politics of Film Evaluation....Pages 13-31
Sense and Sensibilities: The Value of Coherence in the Contemporary Twist Film....Pages 32-48
Spectacle and Value in Classical Hollywood Cinema....Pages 49-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Getting Animated — Valuing Anime....Pages 69-87
Authenticity, Popular Aesthetics and the Subcultural Politics of an Unwanted Blockbuster: The Case of Transformers....Pages 88-105
¡Que Naco! Mexican Popular Cinema, La Banda del Carro Rojo and the Audience....Pages 106-120
Audience Appreciation of Nigerian Films (Nollywood)....Pages 121-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Valuing Film Violence: Student Perceptions on the Inclusion of Violent Films and Film Violence within the Undergraduate Learning Experience....Pages 149-166
‘The Many Ways of Looking at Cinema’: Sight and Sound and the Value of Film....Pages 167-182
Delivering the Quality Experience: Franco Zeffirelli....Pages 183-197
A Taste for Flesh and Blood? Shifting Classifications of Contemporary European Cinema....Pages 198-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Shifting Perceptions of Worth....Pages 217-219
Back Matter....Pages 220-228