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Informationen zum Autor Richard Maltby is Professor of Screen Studies and Head of the School of Humanities at Flinders University. At the University of Exeter he established the Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture. He is the author of Harmless Entertainment: Hollywood and the Ideology of Consensus (1983)! and editor of Identifying Hollywood's Audiences: Cultural Identity and the Movies (with Melvyn Stokes! 1999) and Hollywood Spectatorship: Changing Perceptions of Cinema Audiences (2001). Klappentext This comprehensive introduction to Hollywood cinema provides a fascinating account of the world's most powerful film industry and examines its cultural and aesthetic significance. Taking a wide-ranging approach, and spotlighting such films as A Star is Born, Singing in the Rain, Forrest Gump, and Titanic, it explores and interprets Hollywood cinema in history and in the present, in theory and in practice.For this new edition, the book has been extensively revised, with the historical material updated, and including references to Hollywood movies after 1990. New features include box sections, further reading lists, and chapter summaries. Well illustrated and clearly written, this is an indispensable text for students and readers of Hollywood history and culture. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive introduction to Hollywood cinema provides an account of the world's most powerful film industry and examines its cultural and aesthetic significance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface.Acknowledgments.List of Figures.List of Box Sections.Introduction: Taking Hollywood Seriously.1. 'Metropolis of Make-Believe'.2. Entertainment 1.3. Entertainment 2.4. Genre.5. Industry.6. Industry 1948-1980.7. Industry Since 1980.8. Technology.9. Politics.10. Space 1.11. Space 2.12. Performance 1.13. Performance 2.14. Time.15. Narrative.16. Narrative 2.17. Criticism.18. Theories.19. Chronology.Glossary.Appendices.The Motion Picture Production Code.The Code and Rating System, 1968.The Classification and Ratings System: "What the Ratings Mean".Consolidated Notes.Select Bibliography.Index....
