Meaning of genre film | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A film that was produced with the intent of strictly adhering to a specific genre by following tropes and standards set by previous films is that genre, such as science fiction, romance, comedy, horror, or film noir, with the existing audience knowing prior to watching the film, that they are viewing a piece of art rather then something created to be sold.
   countable
2. All such films, collectively.
   uncountable

Examples

“But the general characteristics of the genre set limits on the individual genre film, which renders it simpler for the audience to follow.”

“Genre films may therefore contain a more accurate description and a more radical critique of the values of the society that produced them than can the serious film, which is so self-contemplative, so obsessed with its own aesthetic status, that it neglects its connection to the audience.”

“A similar response is elicited by the genre film, with Langford suggesting that the “combination of sameness and variety is the linchpin of the generic contract”.”

“While genre film tends to treat things as they are and avoids the trap of advocating them, exploitation film sensationalizes them.”

“While Dixon's views on the audience may not be to everybody's liking, it is hard not to agree with his assessment of genre film; science fiction film was most definitely entering a period of predictability.”

“Nevertheless, I offer a tentative description of the representation of “race” and “blacks” in genre film.”

“During the occupation, Johan directed many influential films with a high technical quality and pronounced sense of working in genre film, like the screwball comedy Mine Kære Koner (My Dear Wives, 1943) and the episodic Otte Akkorder (Eight Cords, 1944).”

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