{"product_id":"the-cinema-of-steven-spielberg-nigel-morris-9781904764885","title":"The Cinema of Steven Spielberg: Empire of Light","description":"Cinema's most successful director is a commercial and cultural force demanding serious consideration. Not just triumphant marketing, this international popularity is partly a function of the movies themselves. Polarised critical attitudes largely overlook this, and evidence either unquestioning adulation or vilification--often vitriolic--for epitomising contemporary Hollywood. Detailed textual analyses reveal that alongside conventional commercial appeal, Spielberg's movies function consistently as a self-reflexive commentary on cinema. Rather than straightforwardly consumed realism or fantasy, they invite divergent readings and self-conscious spectatorship which contradict assumptions about their ideological tendencies. Exercising powerful emotional appeal, their ambiguities are profitably advantageous in maximising audiences and generating media attention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nigel Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1904764886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781904764885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wallflower Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.24w x 1.20d","brand":"Nigel Morris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074076897535,"sku":"9781904764885","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9a87191-4a2e-442e-b263-daff1938ce16.jpg?v=1685451642","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cinema-of-steven-spielberg-nigel-morris-9781904764885","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}