New Hollywood Cinema
ISBN-13:
9780231127585
ISBN-10:
0231127588
Author:
Geoff King
Publication date:
2002
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Format:
Hardcover
240 pages
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Book details
ISBN-13:
9780231127585
ISBN-10:
0231127588
Author:
Geoff King
Publication date:
2002
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Format:
Hardcover
240 pages
Summary
New Hollywood Cinema (ISBN-13: 9780231127585 and ISBN-10: 0231127588), written by authors
Geoff King, was published by Columbia University Press in 2002.
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What is "New Hollywood"? The "art" cinema of the Hollywood "Renaissance" or the corporate controlled blockbuster? The introverted world of Travis Bickle or the action heroics of Indiana Jones, Buzz Lightyear, and Maximus the Gladiator? Innovative departures from the "classical" Hollywood style or superficial glitz, special effects, and borrowings from MTV? Wholesale change or important continuities with Hollywood's past? The answer suggested by Geoff King in New Hollywood Cinema is all of these and more. He examines New Hollywood from three main perspectives: film style, industry, and the social-historical context. Each is considered in its own right, sometimes resulting in different ways of defining New Hollywood. But one of the book's central arguments is that a combination of these approaches is needed if we are to understand the latest incarnations of the cinema that continues to dominate the global market.King looks at the Hollywood "Renaissance" from the late 1960s to the late 1970s, industrial factors shaping the construction of the corporate blockbuster, the role of auteur directors, genre and stardom in New Hollywood, narrative and spectacle in the contemporary blockbuster, and the relationship between production for the big and small screens.Case studies considered include Taxi Driver, Godzilla, and Gladiator, tracing the roots of New Hollywood from the 1950s to the start of the twenty-first century.
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