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21st Century Film Essentials Ser.: LEGO Movie by Dana Polan (2020, Trade Paperback)

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Lego Movie, Paperback by Polan, Dana, ISBN 1477321578, ISBN-13 9781477321577, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Incorporating insights from conversations with producer Dan Lin and writer-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Polan examines the production and reception of The LEGO Movie and closely analyzes the film within popular culture at large and in relation to LEGO as a toy and commodity. He identifies the film's particular stylistic and narrative qualities, its grasp of and response to the culture industry, and what makes it a distinctive work of animation among the seeming omnipresence of animation in Hollywood, and reveals why the blockbuster film, in all its silliness and seriousness, stands apart as a divergent cultural work"--

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PublisherUniversity of Texas Press

ISBN-101477321578

ISBN-139781477321577

eBay Product ID (ePID)20050385884

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLego Movie

SubjectFilm / History & Criticism

Publication Year2020

TypeTextbook

AuthorDana Polan

Subject AreaPerforming Arts

Series21st Century Film Essentials Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight7.1 Oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2020-005320

ReviewsDana Polan is a master-builder of film criticism...[Polan] riffs on... The LEGO Movie with the speed, wit, dexterity, and precision of Wyldstyle, building new arguments by dissembling and reassembling one part of the film after another. It's a dazzling performance, as fast-paced and all-over-the-place as his subject--zigging-zagging this way and that--and comes together in one analytical set-piece after another.

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Table Of ContentPrologue The World of Animation and the Animation of the World The LEGO Movie as Savvy Cinema Through the Rabbit Hole, into the LEGO-Verse Falling into Narrative The Extraordinary Ordinariness of LEGO The Secret Life of Toys Production History, Part 1: Project Development as LEGO Goes to the Movies Production History, Part 2: The Animation Process Production History, Part 3: The Screenwriter-Directors Reception and After-Life Coda Acknowledgments Notes LEGO Bibliography Index

SynopsisWhat happens when we set out to understand LEGO not just as a physical object but as an idea, an icon of modernity, an image--maybe even a moving image? To what extent can the LEGO brick fit into the multimedia landscape of popular culture, especially film culture, today? Launching from these questions, Dana Polan traces LEGO from thing to film and asserts that The LEGO Movie is an exemplar of key directions in mainstream cinema, combining the visceral impact of effects and spectacle with ironic self-awareness and savvy critique of mass culture as it reaches for new heights of creativity. Incorporating insights from conversations with producer Dan Lin and writer-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Polan examines the production and reception of The LEGO Movie and closely analyzes the film within popular culture at large and in relation to LEGO as a toy and commodity. He identifies the film's particular stylistic and narrative qualities, its grasp of and response to the culture industry, and what makes it a distinctive work of animation within the seeming omnipresence of animation in Hollywood, and reveals why the blockbuster film, in all its silliness and seriousness, stands apart as a divergent cultural work., In this first book on The LEGO Movie, renowned film and TV scholar Dana Polan shows how, through irony, savvy self-awareness, and knowingness about the culture industry, the blockbuster animated film makes for essential cinema.

LC Classification NumberPN1997.2.L4548P65