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1、Chapter1Categorization0fGenresMuchacademicinkhasbeenwastedinthefruitlessattempttogiveadefinitivelistoftheHollywoodgenres．WhilethereseemstobeagreementacrosstheboardthatboththeWesternandthemusical(音乐片)constitutewell-definedgenres，theformerisnowbasicallyextinct，

2、andthelatterverynearlyso．Comedy(喜剧片)andthewarfilm--twoenduringlypopularforms--arealsogenerallyconsideredtoformdistinctgeneric(有关一类的)categories，butareproblematizedbyprominentsubgenres(e．g．comediancomedy／VietnamWarfilms(越战片))andgenerichybrids(混合物，混血儿)(egromanti

3、ccomedy(浪漫喜剧片))that，arguably，constitutefullyfledged(羽翼丰满的，)genresoftheirown．Thegangsterfilmseemstoqualifyasagenreonthegroundsofitsrelativelypredictablestructureandcontent，aswellasitsdistincthistory—unless，ofcourse，itisbetterconsideredasubgenreofthecrimefilm(犯

4、罪片)．Horrorandsciencefictionseemrelativelyunproblematic，ifoneignoresthefactthattheiredgesareblurredanditissometimesdifficult—asinthecaseoftheAlien(《异形)))series—tosaywhichiswhich．Theblockbustermay，assomecriticsareincreasinglywillingtoargue，constituteanewgenre，o

5、rmayinsteadconstituteamodeofpost—industrialproduction．Problemswithgenredefinitionareexacerbatedstillfurtherbythedifferencesbetweenthegenresrecognizedbytheindustryandthoseacceptedbyacademiccritics．Socialdrama(社会问题片)，forinstance，isacategorythathasbeenusedbythei

6、ndustry，butlesscommonlyintheacademiccommunity．Infact，genresandgenericclassificationsareusedmoreflexiblythanmuchacademiccriticismwouldsuggest．Itisraretofindafilmthatbelongsexclusivelytoonegenre；thatistosay，almostnofilmwillpossessallofthecharacteristicsofasingl

7、egenreandnoneofthecharacteristicsofanyother．Forexample，BladeRunner(《银翼杀手》)maybeconsideredboth--sciencefictionandfilmnoir，andTheSilenceoftheLambs(《沉默的羔羊》)couldbeviewedasbothahorrorfilmandathriller(惊悚片)．Thefilmsselectedforthisbook，similarly，donotfallneatlyintog

8、enericcategories：TheMatrix(《骇客帝国》)，althoughanalyzedhereasa“blockbuster'’，couldalsobeclassifiedasanactionfilm(动作片)，oralternativelyassciencefiction；TheEnglishPatient(《英国病人》)isaromance，butas