Beyond the multiplex : cinema, new technologies, and the home / Barbara Klinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klinger, Barbara, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home theaters.

Motion pictures and television.

Television--Social aspects.

Television.

Television--Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the mid-eighties, more audiences have been watching Hollywood movies at home than at movie theaters, yet little is known about just how viewers experience film outside of the multiplex. This is the first full-length study of how contemporary entertainment technologies and media—from cable television and VHS to DVD and the Internet—shape our encounters with the movies and affect the aesthetic, cultural, and ideological definitions of cinema. Barbara Klinger explores topics such as home theater, film collecting, classic Hollywood movie reruns, repeat viewings, and Internet film parodies, providing a multifaceted view of the presentation and reception of films in U.S. households. Balancing industry history with theoretical and cultural analysis, she finds that today cinema's powerful social presence cannot be fully grasped without considering its prolific recycling in post-theatrical venues—especially the home.

Contents:

The new media aristocrats

The contemporary cinephile

Remembrance of films past

Once is not enough

To infinity and beyond.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781423755487

1423755480

9780520939073

0520939077

9781598759181

1598759183

OCLC:

191930010