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"Hollywood Cinema is an important book, one to be included in any consideration of American film and its influence in world cinema." Journal of Film and Video
“This updated and enhanced edition of Richard Maltby′s Hollywood Cinema is quite simply the best single textbook on the subject. In clear, user–friendly fashion, Maltby provides an astonishing amount of basic information about Hollywood while explaining how both the movies and the critical/theoretical discourse of film study have evolved over time. The book is not only an extremely useful overview but also an important intervention in current debates. An intelligent blending of formal and historical analysis, it should become essential reading for every serious student of film, whether beginner or advanced.” James Naremore, Indiana University
"In its first edition, Hollywood Cinema quickly became a ‘must–have’ volume for anyone interested in film. Beautifully reorganized, expanded, and updated with features that enhance its usefulness for research and teaching, this revised edition shows how truly indispensable Maltby’s work on Hollywood is to media studies." Barbara Klinger, Indiana University
James Naremore, Indiana University
"This updated and enhanced edition of Richard Maltby's Hollywood
Cinema is quite simply the best single textbook on the subject."
Cinema is quite simply the best single textbook on the subject."
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very comprehensive, digestible introduction to the criticism of Hollywood cinema and cinema as a whole. Maltby manages to create an absorbing and detailed analysis of Hollywood cinema without succumbing to the use of pomposity or rhetoric to dress up the study of film unnecessarily. While justifying Hollywood cinema as an art form every bit worthy of study and analysis, Maltby never looses sight of what cinema (particularly Hollywood cinema) is meant to be: entertainment. It is clear, readable and, most importantly, highly enjoyable. Well researched and with excellent references and notes. If there is a drawback, it is only that it is designed and deserves to be read cover to cover, and therefore it is not ideal as a quick reference book or as a dip-in dip-out read.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I purchased this book as part of a university course. I took the rather radical liberty of reading it right-through before the start of the course. It was not difficult. Packed full of insight into insight Maltby's text has proven to be a real source of enlightenment.
Nearly seven hundred pages make it quite clear that nothing, but nothing, is as it seems. The reader may have a strong political energy or none whatsoever but should realise that making movies works on many political levels. It may be unpalatable but it is often undeniable. A capitalist economy is a reality.
I thought genre was convenient sales language, now I understand how 'emotional landscapes' are used 'to construct ourselves socially.' I've never really been a fan of westerns but when I learn of exactly how they are operating I am most impressed.
Did you know that modern films make their money from rental and sell-through dvds and not the cinema release which only serves to recoup production costs and advertises the product? These are almost trivial asides when it comes to the breadth of Maltby's work. The movie (the word is explained) 'is a performance and not a text.' A construction of camera, editing and scenery. And its time.
'My principle aim,' concludes the author, 'has been to argue that Hollywood cinema must be understood through the specific historical conditions of its circulation as a commercial commodity.' And this is many years before James Cameron's Avatar. Highly recommended.
Nearly seven hundred pages make it quite clear that nothing, but nothing, is as it seems. The reader may have a strong political energy or none whatsoever but should realise that making movies works on many political levels. It may be unpalatable but it is often undeniable. A capitalist economy is a reality.
I thought genre was convenient sales language, now I understand how 'emotional landscapes' are used 'to construct ourselves socially.' I've never really been a fan of westerns but when I learn of exactly how they are operating I am most impressed.
Did you know that modern films make their money from rental and sell-through dvds and not the cinema release which only serves to recoup production costs and advertises the product? These are almost trivial asides when it comes to the breadth of Maltby's work. The movie (the word is explained) 'is a performance and not a text.' A construction of camera, editing and scenery. And its time.
'My principle aim,' concludes the author, 'has been to argue that Hollywood cinema must be understood through the specific historical conditions of its circulation as a commercial commodity.' And this is many years before James Cameron's Avatar. Highly recommended.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a University student studying film theory and looking beyond the obvious, I found this book invaluable.
The book even helped me when I visited Downtown Hollywood last year to tour some of the more infamous sites of famous films! For instance N51.12.043-W000.45.529 is a place well worth visiting. Highly recommended!
The book even helped me when I visited Downtown Hollywood last year to tour some of the more infamous sites of famous films! For instance N51.12.043-W000.45.529 is a place well worth visiting. Highly recommended!
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