Movie Blockbusters (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415256087)

Big-budget, spectacular films designed to appeal to a mass audience: is this what - or all - blockbusters are? Movie Blockbusters brings together writings from key film scholars, including Douglas Gomery, Peter Kramer, Jon Lewis and Steve Neale, to address the work of notable blockbuster auteurs such as Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, discuss key movies such as Star Wars and Titanic, and consider the context in which blockbusters are produced and consumed, including what the rise of the blockbuster says about the Hollywood film industry, how blockbusters are marketed and exhibited, and who goes to see them. The book also considers the movie scene outside Hollywood, discussing blockbusters made in Bollywood, China, South Korea, New Zealand and Argentina

Author: Julian Stringer
ISBN-10: 0415256089
ISBN-13: 9780415256087
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/27/2003
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.32w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2004 pg. 915