Hollywood in Crisis or: The Collapse of the Real

This book discusses the collapse and transformation of the Hollywood movie machine in the twenty-first century, and the concomitant social collapse being felt in nearly every aspect of society. Wheeler Winston Dixon examines key works in cinema from the era of late-stage capitalists, analyzing Hollywood films and the current wave of cinema developed outside of the Hollywood system alike. Dixon illustrates how movies and television programs across these spaces have adopted, reflected, and generated a society in crisis, and with it, a crisis for the cinematic industry itself.

List of contents

1. This is the End.- 2. The Center Will Not Hold.- 3. The New Hollywood Economy.- 4. Hollywood Under Attack.- 5. The Visible Invisible.

About the author

Wheeler Winston Dixon is James Ryan Professor of Film Studies, Coordinator of the Film Studies Program, and Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA. 

Summary

This book discusses the collapse and transformation of the Hollywood movie machine in the twenty-first century, and the concomitant social collapse being felt in nearly every aspect of society. Wheeler Winston Dixon examines key works in cinema from the era of late-stage capitalists, analyzing Hollywood films and the current wave of cinema developed outside of the Hollywood system alike. Dixon illustrates how movies and television programs across these spaces have adopted, reflected, and generated a society in crisis, and with it, a crisis for the cinematic industry itself.

Product details

• Authors: Wheeler Winston Dixon
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319821146
• ISBN: 978-3-31-982114-6
• No. of pages: 116
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 7 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 177 g
• Illustrations: XI, 116 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Genre, C, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Communication, Film Theory, Media and Communication, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Motion pictures, Film history, theory & criticism, Film genres, Film: styles & genres, Genre Studies, American Cinema and TV, Motion pictures—United States, American Film and TV, United States—Study and teaching, American Culture, Film: styles and genres