Title: Hollywood cinema : an introduction /
Authors: Maltby, Richard, 1952-; Craven, Ian.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Motion pictures United States History; Motion picture industry United States History
Abstract: This comprehensive introduction to Hollywood cinema provides a fascinating account of the world's most powerful film industry and examines its cultural and aesthetic significance. Taking a broad-ranging approach, it explores and interprets Hollywood cinema in history and in the present, in theory and in practice.
Contents: Introduction: taking Hollywood seriously -- Entertainment -- Industry -- Genre -- Technology -- Space -- Performance -- Time -- Narrative -- Politics -- Criticism.