Hollywood hype and audiences : selling and watching popular film in the 1990's

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    • Austin, Thomas

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Hollywood hype and audiences : selling and watching popular film in the 1990's

Thomas Austin

(Inside popular film)

Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002

  • : pbk
  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-254) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780719057748

内容説明

A fascinating multi-dimensional investigation of popular film as a commercial, cultural and social phenomenon, focusing on well known and controversial films, and on important - and marketable - issues such as sex and violence. Traces the circulation in Britain of three Hollywood films - Basic Instinct, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Natural Born Killers - from marketing and critical reception to consumption. Draws on economic and discursive contexts and original audience research to trace how meanings, pleasures and uses are derived from popular film. First in the field to look at how Hollywood blockbusters are marketed in Britain. Combining detailed case studies with a clear and up-to-date overview of audience research and the political economy of contemporary cinema this will be essential reading for students of film, popular culture and the media. -- .

目次

  • Introduction - a multi-dimensional approach to popular film
  • texts in context
  • "Basic Instinct" - "woman on top"?
  • "Bram Stoker's Dracula" - "Gone with the Wind plus fangs" "Natural Born Killers" - a film for hooligans?
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780719057755

内容説明

A fascinating multi-dimensional investigation of popular film as a commercial, cultural and social phenomenon, focusing on well known and controversial films, and on important - and marketable - issues such as sex and violence. Traces the circulation in Britain of three Hollywood films - Basic Instinct, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Natural Born Killers - from marketing and critical reception to consumption. Draws on economic and discursive contexts and original audience research to trace how meanings, pleasures and uses are derived from popular film. First in the field to look at how Hollywood blockbusters are marketed in Britain. Combining detailed case studies with a clear and up-to-date overview of audience research and the political economy of contemporary cinema this will be essential reading for students of film, popular culture and the media. -- .

目次

1. Introduction: a multi-dimensional approach to popular film 2. Texts in context 3. Basic Instinct: 'woman on top'? 4. Bram Stoker's Dracula: 'Gone with the Wind plus fangs' 5. Natural Born Killers: a film for hooligans? 6. Conclusion Appendices -- .

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  • Inside popular film

    Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press

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