Spectacular Narratives
Subtitle: Hollywood in the Age of the Blockbuster (Cinema and Society)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: February 3, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781860645723
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Popular culture; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; USA; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Film / General; Film & Video - General
First sentence: From epic landscape to sumptuous interior; from visions of space, aliens and future cityscapes to explosive action and adventure: expansive vistas spread out across the width of the big screen, their presence magnified by the aural impact of multichannel sound.