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A New Pot of Gold: Hollywood under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989
Stephen Prince
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Paperback. Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood moved to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk and pay-cable. The studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This book examines the transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 585 pages, 187 b/w photographs, 34 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; APF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1028. Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 585 pages, 185 b&w photographs, 38 tables. Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood moved to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk and pay-cable. The studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This book examines the transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 27. Weight: 1028.
Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood industry moved boldly to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk, pay-cable and pay-per-view, and the major studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This volume examines the decade's transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software. Some of the films discussed in this volume include: Platoon ; Do the Right Thing ; Blue Velvet ; Diner ; E.T. ; Batman ; and, Body Heat .
Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood industry moved boldly to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk, pay-cable and pay-per-view, and the major studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This volume examines the decade's transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software. Some of the films discussed in this volume include: Platoon ; Do the Right Thing ; Blue Velvet ; Diner ; E.T. ; Batman ; and, Body Heat .
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
585
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
History of the American Cinema S.
Condition
New
Weight
1027g
Number of Pages
585
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520232662
SKU
V9780520232662
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About Stephen Prince
Stephen Prince is Professor of Communication Studies at Virginia Tech. His books include The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa (1999); Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies (1998); and Visions of Empire: Political Imagery in Contemporary American Films (1992).
Reviews for A New Pot of Gold: Hollywood under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989
Prince's book pushes us to reconceptualize the interactions of economics and ideology.... It evokes and invokes the richness of filmmaking practices-both mainstream and alternative-even as it gives a harsh and perhaps tragic image of a cultural form, the cinema, losing its specificity and even identity in the vast synergistic networks of control at the end of the twentieth century. -Dana ... Read more