FILM/GENRE radically revises our notions of film genre. It is the first book to connect fully the roles played by industry critics and audiences in making and re-making genre. Critiquing major voices in the history of genre theory from Aristotle to Wittgenstein, Altman reveals the conflicting stakes for which the genre games has been played. Recognizing that the very term genre has different meanings for different groups, he bases his new genre theory on the uneasy competitive yet complimentary relationship among genre users and discusses a wide range of films from THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY to STAR WAS and from THE JAZZ SINGER to THE PLAYER. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.