Cinema Entertainment: Essays on Audiences, Films and Film Makers

Informationen zum Autor Alan Lovell was most recently Lecturer in Media Studies at Staffordshire University! UK. Gianluca Sergi is Associate Professor in Film Studies at the University of Nottingham! UK. Klappentext Entertainment is a defining feature of contemporary culture! yet it is often accused of being superficial and even harmful. In this thought-provoking book! the authors challenge this negative view and argue for a reconsideration of the value of entertainment and the effect it has on the world in which we live. Taking Hollywood cinema as its central focus! this exciting book explores the range of debates that the phenomenon of cinema entertainment has aroused. It is packed with examples from modern! popular films throughout! including a whole chapter on the hugely successful film The Dark Knight . The book features interviews with Randy Thom and Walter Murch! filmmakers involved in creating some of the most successful films of recent years. There is an interesting discussion of the work and reputation of renowned filmmakers! Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock! names which have become synonymous with cinema entertainment. The authors consider what makes a film successful by looking at box office figures as well as detailed description and critique of current debates surrounding what it means to entertain and be entertained. Cinema Entertainment is important reading for film and media students as well as anyone interested in contemporary mass culture. Zusammenfassung The authors consider what makes a film successful by looking at box office figures as well as detailed description and critique of current debates surrounding what it means to entertain and be entertained. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: cinema as entertainment What audiences go for: elite and mass taste Sensual pleasure! audiences and The Dark Knight Alfred Hitchcock: the entertainer becomes an artist Steven Spielberg! Indiana Jones and the Holocaust Filmmakers as entertainers? Interviews with Randy Thom and Walter Murch The entertainment discourse Bibliographical notes Appendix 1: Methodology for statistical analysis Appendix 2a: Walter Murch's filmography Appendix 2b: Randy Thom's filmography Appendix 3: Art Appendix 4: Credits for The Dark Knight ...

Product details

• Authors: Alan Lovell, Gianluca Sergi, Gianluca Lovell Sergi
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9780335222513
• ISBN: 978-0-335-22251-3
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Media, Film & Cultural Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science