Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33083 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-29
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Synopsis
New Hollywood extends from the radical gestures of the 'Hollywood Renaissance' of the late 1960s and early 1970s to the current dominance of the corporate blockbuster. Geoff King covers new Hollywood dynamically and accessibly in this thoroughly modern introductory text. He discusses diverse films as well as the film-makers and film companies, focusing on the interactions between the film texts, their social contexts and the industry producing them. Using examples across Hollywood and its genres, King reveals how the positions of studios within media conglomerates, together with the impact of television, advertising and franchising on the New Hollywood, shape the form and content of the films.

Customer Reviews

An introduction, but not much more
Geoff King's book does exactly what it says on the cover. It is a well written and comprehensive introduction to Hollywood cinema but, it has to be said, there are many other better books which go into much more detail. King does get a little bogged down in definitions of "New Hollywood", but otherwise this is a solid introduction to students just beginning to study film seriously.

Essential film studies reading
The only course book I have read cover to cover. Quite simply it covers every important issue related to the move from classical to contemporary hollywood (including genre, star power, narrative etc) in a concise and clear writing style that everyone can understand. When writing essays on the subject this is always my first point of reference.