The Multi-Protagonist Film

"The Multi-Protagonist Film" is an insightful and provocative introduction to this important new genre. Explores the origins and history of one of the most exciting new developments in contemporary film worldwideGuides readers through the genre's central characteristics and conventions, as well as it's evolution and cultural relevanceProvides a theoretical framework that is developed through the analysis several films, including "Grand Hotel, Singles, ""American Pie, Short Cuts, " and "Syriana. "Reveals the duality of the genre's contemporary preoccupations: the impact of globalization on human lives versus the current state of intimate affairs, the crisis of marriage, and the proliferation of sexual choices