Hollywood and Intimacy: Style, Moments, Magnificence [Paperback]

A?critical appreciation of close relationships in the modern American movie, looking in detail at contemporary Hollywood films?which explore intimacy and?the connections of characters, their surroundings, and points of film style.?Peacock's?close readings provide a fresh approach?to understanding the big American film.List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Place and Patterning Gesture Voice and Conversation Music Dissolve and Ellipsis Position and Perspective Conclusion Notes Filmography Bibliography IndexSTEVEN PEACOCK Senior Lecturer in Film at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is well-known for his work on close critical analysis and is author of Colour (2010) and editor of Reading 24: TV Against the Clock (2007).