Contemporary US Cinema (平装) 0582437768

在线阅读本书 Contemporary US Cinema examines important developments in American film-making over the past three decades, citing them as instances both of change and of continuity within the practices and processes of earlier phases of classic Hollywood cinema. This study offers a survey of significant events and trends of the past thirty years of American cinema and combines this with a detailed exploration of its most important figures and individual works. From the Back Cover

Contemporary U.S. Cinema is a forceful exploration of the tumultuous changes that have dominated the shifting landscape of American film-making over the past three decades. From the explosive release of Easy Rider to the excesses of Heaven's Gate and the comic book figures of Spider-Man, its aim is to examine the economic, social and cultural contexts of mainstream and independent American films. The book divides into nine provocative chapters with material on:the most significant individual film-makers, such as Scorsese, Coppola and Lucas, as well as independent film-makers like Jarmusch and Andersthe careers of leading actors of the last thirty years, such as Jack Nicholson, Robert Redford and Julia Roberts, whilst exploring the powerful position of the film star in the modern American film-making processthe economics of Contemporary U.S. Cinema with particular reference to the tortuous journey from production, distribution and exhibition of Waterworld and Titanicthe artistic influence of foreign film-makers, such as François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, and explores Hollywood's increasing dominance and reliance on the global market genres, sequels and the recent developments in computer-based technologies, using examples from The Godfather I ? III, The Matrix, the Star Wars Saga and remakes from Shaft to Ocean's Eleven

The book is illustrated with stills throughout and includes a bibliography and annotated further reading list.

Michael Allen isLecturer in Film and Television, Birkbeck College, University of London.

Series Editor - Alexander Ballinger, McLean Film Media Ltd.

Michael Allen is at the University of London

1. Background 2. Show me the money The Economies of Contemporary American Cinema 3. Foreign Relations 4. Talent 1 The Directors 5. Talent 2 The Actors 6. Independent American cinema Going it Alone 7. Genre, Sequels and Remakes 8. Fixing It in Digital 9. Back to the Future Further Reading Bibliography Index

出版社	Longman
作者	Michael Allen