Dana Polan es un destacado académico en el campo de los estudios cinematográficos y de medios. Su trabajo profundiza en las intrincadas formas en que las narrativas de cine y televisión dan forma a nuestra comprensión del mundo y exploran temas complejos. El enfoque crítico de Polan examina la importancia cultural y los fundamentos teóricos de la narración visual.
Dana Polan's study of Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind explores its significance within New Hollywood and science fiction. He presents the film as an allegory of the cinematic experience, examining its production history and how it challenges traditional American values while offering new perspectives on masculinity and the American Dream.
Introduction -- Engineering The great escape : from book to film (and in-between) -- Tunneling in : The great escape : style, theme, and structure -- After-lives -- Appendix : "It really happened".
In this first book on The LEGO Movie, renowned film and TV scholar Dana Polan shows how, through irony, savvy self-awareness, and knowingness about the culture industry, the blockbuster animated film makes for essential cinema.
Dana Polan sets out to unlock the style and technique of Pulp Fiction. He shows how broad Tarantino's points of reference are, and analyzes the narrative accomplishment and complexity. In addition, Polan argues that macho attitudes celebrated in film are much more complex than they seem. schovat popis
History, Narrative, and the American Cinema, 19401950