Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: A study of the relationship between paratextual material and film genre or cycle configuration. Focusing on different versions of 'Mildred Pierce' (novel, film and television miniseries) the article explores the fluid category of maternal melodrama, attempting to account for its cultural significance. The role of the director/auteur Todd Haynes in textual transformation is assessed. Three audio-visual essays are used to highlight methodology, combining critical commentary with the heightened emotion characteristic of the genre
Author: Pam Cook
Language: English
Topic: Cinema History and Criticism
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W647455874