Film Dialogue is the first anthology in film studies devoted to the topic of language in cinema, bringing together leading and emerging scholars to discuss the aesthetic, narrative, and ideological dimensions of film speech that have largely gone unappreciated and unheard. Consisting of thirteen essays divided into three sections: genre, auteur theory, and cultural representation, Film Dialogue revisits and reconfigures several of the most established topics in film studies in an effort to persuade readers that "spectators" are more accurately described as "audiences," that the gaze has its equal in eavesdropping, and that images are best understood and appreciated through their interactions with words. Including an introduction that outlines a methodology of film dialogue study and adopting an accessible prose style throughout, Film Dialogue is a welcome addition to ongoing debates about the place, value, and purpose of language in cinema.
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface | Sarah Kozloff
- Introduction: A Brief Primer for Film Dialogue Study | Jeff Jaeckle
- DIALOGUE AND GENRE
- 1. The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo: Dialogue in Science Fiction Films
- 2. Documenting Dialogue: Reshaping 'Reality' in Emile de Antonio's Point of Order
- 3. Pronoun Troubles and Factual Conversations: Dialogue in Animated Films
- 4. Talking Teams: Dialogue and the Team Film Formula
- 5. You Talk Like a Character in a Book: Dialogue and Film Adapatation
- DIALOGUE AUTEURS
- 6. Killing the Writer: Movie Dialogue Conventions and John Cassavetes
- 7. The Film Dialogue of Howard Hawks
- 8. Orson Welles' Trademark: Overlapping Film Dialogue
- 9. On Misspeaking in the Films of Preston Sturges
- DIALOGUE AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATION
- 10. 'They Will Speak in Our Language': Indian Speech in Western Movies
- 11. From 'Me So Horny' to 'I'm So Ronery': Asian Images and Yellow Voices in American Cinema
- 12. The Politics Speak: Performing Race from Sweetback to Foxy Brown
- 13. Male Sounds and Speech Affectations: Voicing Masculinity
- Index
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