Cinema of Preston Sturges, a critical study by Alessandro Pirolini
Page 7, Wife quote on "change" being natural to Sturges in his life.
Page 8, 1930 failures, offer from Hollywood, acclaimed as an "author".
In less than 15 years wrote 40 screenplays and directed 12 movies.
married 4 times.
Page 13, Sullivan ending discussed.
Pager 22, mistaken identity as a motif
Page 24-25, non-preachy nature of dialogue.
Page 34, Postmodernism "exposing cinema's awareness of its own past"
Page 41-42, sight gags, look for in each film. pratfalls.
Page 53, "history as a malleable story ... one of the points of post modernism" (Steven Scott)
Page 59, exposes cliches of the genre
Page 78, "executive and investors drawn to new forms of media in their early stages of development have always looked with suspicion at the meta-linguistic approach -- as the unveiling of the mediums's language and its rules runs counter to the audience's fundamental need to enjoy the text without critical involvement."
Page 78, "On the Air" a 1992 David Lynch tv show.
Page 105, "Sturges's lack of cinematic virtuosity was so blatant as to appear almost in conflict with his complex narrative style"
Page 106, Sturges's comic style relies entirely on an unpreventable chain of self-triggered events that unfold 'naturally' before our eyes and rely on fast-paced, witty dialogue, fully appreciable only through a high degree of technical transparency."
Page 108, long takes noted, 4 minute shot at beginning of Sullivan.
Purpose: for audience to sit back and learn what the characters have to say.
Page 109, "narratage" is a voice over narration superimposed on silent images, a technique by which the narrator comments on the characters' actions, and sometimes even loans his voice to the actors concerned".
Page 122, the girl/love interest is the only one who understands the passion of the protagonist as well as the pragmatism of the antagonist.
See lecture notes to LLC from February 12
http://www.nmsl.uregina.ca/saul/documents/PrestonSturgesatLifelongLearningCentre.pdf
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Page 7, Wife quote on "change" being natural to Sturges in his life.
Page 8, 1930 failures, offer from Hollywood, acclaimed as an "author".
In less than 15 years wrote 40 screenplays and directed 12 movies.
married 4 times.
Page 13, Sullivan ending discussed.
Pager 22, mistaken identity as a motif
Page 24-25, non-preachy nature of dialogue.
Page 34, Postmodernism "exposing cinema's awareness of its own past"
Page 41-42, sight gags, look for in each film. pratfalls.
Page 53, "history as a malleable story ... one of the points of post modernism" (Steven Scott)
Page 59, exposes cliches of the genre
Page 78, "executive and investors drawn to new forms of media in their early stages of development have always looked with suspicion at the meta-linguistic approach -- as the unveiling of the mediums's language and its rules runs counter to the audience's fundamental need to enjoy the text without critical involvement."
Page 78, "On the Air" a 1992 David Lynch tv show.
Page 105, "Sturges's lack of cinematic virtuosity was so blatant as to appear almost in conflict with his complex narrative style"
Page 106, Sturges's comic style relies entirely on an unpreventable chain of self-triggered events that unfold 'naturally' before our eyes and rely on fast-paced, witty dialogue, fully appreciable only through a high degree of technical transparency."
Page 108, long takes noted, 4 minute shot at beginning of Sullivan.
Purpose: for audience to sit back and learn what the characters have to say.
Page 109, "narratage" is a voice over narration superimposed on silent images, a technique by which the narrator comments on the characters' actions, and sometimes even loans his voice to the actors concerned".
Page 122, the girl/love interest is the only one who understands the passion of the protagonist as well as the pragmatism of the antagonist.
See lecture notes to LLC from February 12
http://www.nmsl.uregina.ca/saul/documents/PrestonSturgesatLifelongLearningCentre.pdf
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