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"McElhaney has culled together an impressive array of Minnelli criticism, which includes seminal essays as well as groundbreaking pieces. The Art of Entertainment is a major contribution to Minnelli scholarship.""--Arthur Noletti ""professor of English at Framingham State College "" This anthology is as boldly unfashionable as it is timely. Academic interest in Minnelli's films has tended to fluctuate with the rise and fall of interest in specific genres, particularly the musical and the melodrama. This is a book that I will undoubtedly use a lot when teaching a history of cricital studies in the cinema.--Mike Walsh ""Flinders University, South Australia "" Vincente Minnelli is one of the most versatile and vivacious directors to have worked in Hollywood, and Joe McElhaney's anthology pays tribute to his wide-ranging career. This ambitious collection, bringing together classic essays and freshly commissioned studies, not only confirms Minnelli's importance but also offers a comprehensive survey of critical approaches that have developed in film studies over the last thirty years.""--David Bordwell ""Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison "" Vincente Minnelli: The Art of Entertainment is a major step forward in Minnelli scholarship that also adds immensely to our understanding of classical Hollywood cinema, genre film, and the studio system. A stellar gathering of contributors representing a wide variety of perspectives and areas of expertise deliver insight after insight in a highly readable collection that is a true intervention in the study of one of America's most underappreciated master directors.""--Gaylyn Studlar ""Rudolf Arnheim Collegiate Professor of Film Studies, University of Michigan """

Vincente Minnelli: The Art of Entertainment is a major step forward in Minnelli scholarship that also adds immensely to our understanding of classical Hollywood cinema, genre film, and the studio system. A stellar gathering of contributors representing a wide variety of perspectives and areas of expertise deliver insight after insight in a highly readable collection that is a true intervention in the study of one of America's most underappreciated master directors. --Gaylyn Studlar Rudolf Arnheim Collegiate Professor of Film Studies, University of Michigan Vincente Minnelli is one of the most versatile and vivacious directors to have worked in Hollywood, and Joe McElhaney's anthology pays tribute to his wide-ranging career. This ambitious collection, bringing together classic essays and freshly commissioned studies, not only confirms Minnelli's importance but also offers a comprehensive survey of critical approaches that have developed in film studies over the last thirty years. --David Bordwell Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison McElhaney has culled together an impressive array of Minnelli criticism, which includes seminal essays as well as groundbreaking pieces. The Art of Entertainment is a major contribution to Minnelli scholarship. --Arthur Noletti professor of English at Framingham State College This anthology is as boldly unfashionable as it is timely. Academic interest in Minnelli's films has tended to fluctuate with the rise and fall of interest in specific genres, particularly the musical and the melodrama. This is a book that I will undoubtedly use a lot when teaching a history of cricital studies in the cinema.--Mike Walsh Flinders University, South Australia

McElhaney has culled together an impressive array of Minnelli criticism, which includes seminal essays as well as groundbreaking pieces. The Art of Entertainment is a major contribution to Minnelli scholarship. --Arthur Noletti professor of English at Framingham State College Vincente Minnelli: The Art of Entertainment is a major step forward in Minnelli scholarship that also adds immensely to our understanding of classical Hollywood cinema, genre film, and the studio system. A stellar gathering of contributors representing a wide variety of perspectives and areas of expertise deliver insight after insight in a highly readable collection that is a true intervention in the study of one of America's most underappreciated master directors. --Gaylyn Studlar Rudolf Arnheim Collegiate Professor of Film Studies, University of Michigan Vincente Minnelli is one of the most versatile and vivacious directors to have worked in Hollywood, and Joe McElhaney's anthology pays tribute to his wide-ranging career. This ambitious collection, bringing together classic essays and freshly commissioned studies, not only confirms Minnelli's importance but also offers a comprehensive survey of critical approaches that have developed in film studies over the last thirty years. --David Bordwell Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison This anthology is as boldly unfashionable as it is timely. Academic interest in Minnelli's films has tended to fluctuate with the rise and fall of interest in specific genres, particularly the musical and the melodrama. This is a book that I will undoubtedly use a lot when teaching a history of cricital studies in the cinema.--Mike Walsh Flinders University, South Australia

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Joe McElhaney is associate professor of film studies at Hunter College/City University of New York. He is the author of The Death of Classical Cinema: Hitchcock, Lang, Minnelli and Albert Maysles.

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