Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens by Caetlin Benson-Allott

Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens by Caetlin Benson-Allott

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Since the mid-1980s, US audiences have watched the majority of movies they see on a video platform, be it VHS, Blu-ray, Video On Demand, or streaming media. Annual video revenues have exceeded box office returns for over twenty-five years. This title examines how prerecorded video reframes the premises and promises of motion picture spectatorship.

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Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens by Caetlin Benson-Allott

Since the mid-1980s, US audiences have watched the majority of movies they see on a video platform, be it VHS, Blu-ray, Video On Demand, or streaming media. Annual video revenues have exceeded box office returns for over twenty-five years. This title examines how prerecorded video reframes the premises and promises of motion picture spectatorship.
"Insightful and original.. [A] genuinely significant study." -- Linnie Blake Times Higher Education "Exquisitely argued and researched work." 10 Best Film-Studies Books of 2013. -- Clayton Dillard Slant Magazine "Intriguing." -- W. W. Dixon CHOICE
Caetlin Benson-Allott is Assistant Professor of English and Film and Media Studies at Georgetown University.
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ISBN 13 9780520275126
ISBN 10 0520275128
Title Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens
Author Caetlin Benson-Allott
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 2013-03-22
Number of pages 312
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