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20 novembre 2023
- doi: 10.4000/filmj.319
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Minnelli (Vincente) melodrama Some Came Running generic cross-fertilization musical mise-en-abyme modernist colour patterns Hollywood star systemSujets proches
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Costa de Beauregard Raphaëlle, « Vincente Minnelli’s Melodrama Some Came Running and the Crossing of Borders », Film journal, ID : 10.4000/filmj.319
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This paper argues that in his first melodrama on screen, Some Came Running (1958), the filmmaker Vincente Minnelli tried to establish clear differences with his earlier musicals, such as An American in Paris (1951) or Brigadoon (1954), by exploring the possibilities of narrative in his films. Film critics generally agree that in his melodramas, the crossing of generic borders between the musical and the melodrama is a key to his aesthetic achievement. A study of the plot and characters will s...