Invisible Storytellers: Voice-Over Narration in American Fiction Film

by Sarah Kozloff

Book Overview

"Let me tell you a story," each film seems to offer silently as its opening frames hit the screen. But sometimes the film finds a voice--an off-screen narrator--for all or part of the story. From Wuthering Heights and Double Indemnity to Annie Hall and Platoon, voice-over narration has been an integral part of American movies.

Through examples from films such as How Green Was My Valley, All About Eve,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520067932
• ISBN13: 9780520067936
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"