The Sports Film: Games People Play (Short Cuts)

After covering the genre's early history and theorizing its general characteristics, this volume then focuses on specific instances of sports films, such as the biopic, the sports history film, the documentary, the fan film, the boxing film, and explores issues such as gender, race, spectacle and silent comedy. Four major films are then closely analysed -- __Chariots of Fire__, __Field of Dreams__, the Indian cricket epic __Lagaan__, and Oliver Stone's __Any Given Sunday__. While recording American film's importance to the genre, the book resists the conventional over-concentration on American cinema and sports by its attention to other cinemas, for example the British, Indian, Australian, South Korean, Thai, German, New Zealand, Spanish, and so on, with the many different sports they depict. After Covering The Genre's Early History And Theorizing Its General Characteristics, This Volume Then Focuses On Specific Instances Of Sports Films, Such As The Biopic, The Sports History Film, The Documentary, The Fan Film, The Boxing Film, And Explores Issues Such As Gender, Race, Spectacle And Silent Comedy. Table Of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Start Of Play; 1 Dominant Presences: One; 2 Dominant Presences: Two; 3 Four Major Sports Films; Chariots Of Fire; Field Of Dreams; Lagaan; Any Given Sunday; Filmography; Bibliography; Index. Bruce Babington. A Wallflower Press Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 115-117) And Index.