Cinematic TV

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Discussion| September 01 2021 Cinematic TV: A Conversation with Rashna Wadia Richards Bruno Guaraná Bruno Guaraná Bruno Guaraná is Master Lecturer of Film Studies in the Department of Film & Television at Boston University. Originally from Recife, Brazil, he received his PhD in Cinema Studies from New York University and his MA in Film from Columbia University. His current research explores negotiations of cultural citizenship in contemporary Brazilian media. He currently serves as the Page Views Editor for Film Quarterly. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar BOOK DATA. Rashna Wadia Richards, Cinematic TV: Serial Drama Goes to the Movies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. $125.00 cloth; $39.95 paper. 246 pages. Film Quarterly (2021) 75 (1): 93–98. https://doi.org/10.1525/fq.2021.75.1.93 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Bruno Guaraná; Cinematic TV: A Conversation with Rashna Wadia Richards. Film Quarterly 1 September 2021; 75 (1): 93–98. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/fq.2021.75.1.93 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentFilm Quarterly Search BOOK DATA. Rashna Wadia Richards, Cinematic TV: Serial Drama Goes to the Movies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. $125.00 cloth; $39.95 paper. 246 pages. Much has been said about serial dramas such as The Sopranos (HBO, 1999–2007), The Wire (HBO, 2002–8), Mad Men (AMC, 2007–15), and Breaking Bad (AMC, 2008–13) bringing about a new golden age of television. A lot of these discussions, however, have centered on the idea that quality television has become more cinematic than ever—a modifier that implies a superiority of cinema and a teleological linearity toward a particular aesthetic. Notwithstanding the overuse of the term and its implications, there is no consensus about what exactly... © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press’s Reprints and Permissions web page, https://online.ucpress.edu/journals/pages/reprintspermissions.2021 You do not currently have access to this content.