A Companion to the Biopic

by Ashley Polasek and Deborah Cartmell

Book Overview

The most comprehensive reference text of theoretical and historical discourse on the biopic film

The biopic, often viewed as the most reviled of all film genres, traces its origins to the early silent era over a century ago. Receiving little critical attention, biopics are regularly dismissed as superficial, formulaic, and disrespectful of history. Film critics, literary scholars and historians tend to believe that biopics should...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119554810
• ISBN13: 9781119554813
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.7"