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Post-classical Hollywood: Film Industry, Style and Ideology Since 1945
Barry Langford
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Paperback. Barry Langford explains and interrogates the concept of 'post-classical' Hollywood cinema - its coherence, its historical justification and how it can help or hinder our understanding of Hollywood from the forties to the present. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; APF; KNTC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488. Film Industry, Style and Ideology Since 1945. 320 pages, illustrations. Barry Langford explains and interrogates the concept of 'post-classical' Hollywood cinema - its coherence, its historical justification and how it can help or hinder our understanding of Hollywood from the forties to the present. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight: 480.
At the end of World War II, Hollywood basked in unprecedented prosperity. Since then, numerous challenges and crises have changed the American film industry in ways beyond imagination in 1945. Nonetheless, at the start of a new century Hollywood's worldwide dominance is intact - indeed, in today's global economy the products of the American entertainment industry (of which movies are now only one part) are more ubiquitous than ever. How does today's 'Hollywood' - absorbed into transnational media conglomerates like NewsCorp., Sony, and Viacom - differ from the legendary studios of Hollywood's Golden Age? What are the dominant frameworks and ... Read more
At the end of World War II, Hollywood basked in unprecedented prosperity. Since then, numerous challenges and crises have changed the American film industry in ways beyond imagination in 1945. Nonetheless, at the start of a new century Hollywood's worldwide dominance is intact - indeed, in today's global economy the products of the American entertainment industry (of which movies are now only one part) are more ubiquitous than ever. How does today's 'Hollywood' - absorbed into transnational media conglomerates like NewsCorp., Sony, and Viacom - differ from the legendary studios of Hollywood's Golden Age? What are the dominant frameworks and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748638581
SKU
V9780748638581
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About Barry Langford
Barry Langford is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Film Genre: Hollywood and Beyond (Edinburgh University Press, 2005) and Teaching Holocaust Literature and Film (with Robert Eaglestone, Palgrave Macmillan 2007), and has published on a wide variety of subjects in film and media studies and critical theory, including ... Read more
Reviews for Post-classical Hollywood: Film Industry, Style and Ideology Since 1945
The book's strengths are real strengths: a good deal of original research, smart writing, and interpretative originality that increases as the book progresses. Highly recommended.
S. C. Dillon, Bates College Choice Langford's study is both comprehensive and detailed, always keeping the different levels of analysis distinct, while allowing them to inform each other and broaden our understanding of the ... Read more
S. C. Dillon, Bates College Choice Langford's study is both comprehensive and detailed, always keeping the different levels of analysis distinct, while allowing them to inform each other and broaden our understanding of the ... Read more