Hollywood Cinema by Richard Maltby
This comprehensive introduction to Hollywood cinema provides students with a fascinating account of the world's most powerful film industry and its cultural and aesthetic significance. Taking a broad-ranging approach, it explores and interprets Hollywood cinema, in history and in the present, in theory and in practice. Examining films as diverse as Rudolph Valentino's The Son of the Sheik and Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recall, this indispensable text provides: an account of the production of movies under the studio system and after, up to the present. an explanation of how the film industry works, including distribution and exhibition. an exploration of Hollywood's place in American culture and in international mass culture. an analysis of the formal properties of Hollywood movies (including space, time, performance and narrative). a chronology of Hollywood cinema.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780631157328 |
| ISBN 10 | 0631157328 |
| Title | Hollywood Cinema |
| Author | Richard Maltby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 1995-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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