- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: I.B.Tauris (29 Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1860647499
- ISBN-13: 978-1860647499
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,732,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A first-rate contribution to the field of film studies. -- Chris Wyatt Cinescape Whatever your opinion of developments in American cinema over the last 30 years, you will be confirmed and challenged by King's aim of showing how these films can be approached and discussed in more than one way... this is going to be a useful resource for student, tutor, aficionado and historian alike. Film Quarterly King has a good handle on both the commercial and the artistic aspects of cinema, which is necessary for comprehending the topic, and he states his case in an academic yet generally accessible manner. Booklist [King's] discussion of the genre is one of the most reasonable to be found anywhere... recommended. Publishers Weekly Film professor King explores how popular films of the 60's through the 90's have been affected by Hollywood's primary function as a multibillion-dollar international business. Variety
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New Hollywood extends from the radical gestures of the 'Hollywood Renaissance' of the late 1960s and early 1970s to the current dominance of the corporate blockbuster. Geoff King covers new Hollywood dynamically and accessibly in this thoroughly modern introductory text. He discusses diverse films as well as the film-makers and film companies, focusing on the interactions between the film texts, their social contexts and the industry producing them. Using examples across Hollywood and its genres, King reveals how the positions of studios within media conglomerates, together with the impact of television, advertising and franchising on the New Hollywood, shape the form and content of the films.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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The only course book I have read cover to cover. Quite simply it covers every important issue related to the move from classical to contemporary hollywood (including genre, star power, narrative etc) in a concise and clear writing style that everyone can understand. When writing essays on the subject this is always my first point of reference.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Geoff King's book does exactly what it says on the cover. It is a well written and comprehensive introduction to Hollywood cinema but, it has to be said, there are many other better books which go into much more detail. King does get a little bogged down in definitions of "New Hollywood", but otherwise this is a solid introduction to students just beginning to study film seriously.
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entertaining read on history of holllywood
25 Sep 2011
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required read for film class.
dropped class, but enjoyed the book.
A must read for anyone trying to break into the entertainment business.
However, it is written as an academic text, so the writing gets a little dense at times.
A pretty comprehensive overview of the history and developments in Hollywood
dropped class, but enjoyed the book.
A must read for anyone trying to break into the entertainment business.
However, it is written as an academic text, so the writing gets a little dense at times.
A pretty comprehensive overview of the history and developments in Hollywood
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