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Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship From VHS to File Sharing
Caetlin Benson-Allott
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Paperback. Since the mid-1980s, US audiences have watched the majority of movies they see on a video platform, be it VHS, Blu-ray, Video On Demand, or streaming media. Annual video revenues have exceeded box office returns for over twenty-five years. This title examines how prerecorded video reframes the premises and promises of motion picture spectatorship. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Since the mid-1980s, US audiences have watched the majority of movies they see on a video platform, be it VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, Video On Demand, or streaming media. Annual video revenues have exceeded box office returns for over twenty-five years. In short, video has become the structuring discourse of US movie culture. Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens examines how prerecorded video reframes the premises and promises of motion picture spectatorship. But instead of offering a history of video technology or reception, Caetlin Benson-Allott analyzes how the movies themselves understand and represent the symbiosis of platform and spectator. Through ... Read more
Since the mid-1980s, US audiences have watched the majority of movies they see on a video platform, be it VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, Video On Demand, or streaming media. Annual video revenues have exceeded box office returns for over twenty-five years. In short, video has become the structuring discourse of US movie culture. Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens examines how prerecorded video reframes the premises and promises of motion picture spectatorship. But instead of offering a history of video technology or reception, Caetlin Benson-Allott analyzes how the movies themselves understand and represent the symbiosis of platform and spectator. Through ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
417g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520275126
SKU
V9780520275126
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About Caetlin Benson-Allott
Caetlin Benson-Allott is Assistant Professor of English and Film and Media Studies at Georgetown University.
Reviews for Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship From VHS to File Sharing
Insightful and original... [A] genuinely significant study.
Linnie Blake Times Higher Education Exquisitely argued and researched work. 10 Best Film-Studies Books of 2013.
Clayton Dillard Slant Magazine Intriguing.
W. W. Dixon CHOICE
Linnie Blake Times Higher Education Exquisitely argued and researched work. 10 Best Film-Studies Books of 2013.
Clayton Dillard Slant Magazine Intriguing.
W. W. Dixon CHOICE