Description
Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood industry moved boldly to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk, pay-cable and pay-per-view, and the major studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This volume examines the decade's transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software.
Some of the films discussed in this volume include:
Platoon
Do the Right Thing
Blue Velvet
Diner
E.T.
Batman
Body Heat
Author: Stephen Prince
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 03/15/2002
Pages: 585
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.26lbs
Size: 9.94h x 6.94w x 1.07d
ISBN13: 9780520232662
ISBN10: 0520232666
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Business & Economics | Economic History
Some of the films discussed in this volume include:
Platoon
Do the Right Thing
Blue Velvet
Diner
E.T.
Batman
Body Heat
Author: Stephen Prince
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 03/15/2002
Pages: 585
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.26lbs
Size: 9.94h x 6.94w x 1.07d
ISBN13: 9780520232662
ISBN10: 0520232666
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Business & Economics | Economic History
About the Author
Stephen Prince is Professor of Communication Studies at Virginia Tech. His books include The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa (1999); Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies (1998); and Visions of Empire: Political Imagery in Contemporary American Films (1992).