American film in the digital age / Robert C. Sickels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sickels, Robert.

Series:

New directions in media.

New directions in media

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Motion picture industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, CA : Praeger, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Prior to being broken up by the Supreme Court in 1946, the movie industry was a vertical monopoly controlled primarily by eight studios. Ironically, today just six vertically and horizontally integrated companies have a world-wide monopoly on all forms of media. How did this vast power become so concentratedÑand where do we go from here?

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION: AMERICAN FILM IN THE DIGITAL AGE; 2. FROM THE BUSINESS OF FILM TO THE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT: HOLLYWOOD IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; 3. THE GUILLOTINE HAS FALLEN AND THE BEACHES OF MALIBU ARE LITTERED WITH CARCASSES: THE DEATH OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENT MOVIES; 4. SEX AND CENSORSHIP SINCE MONICAGATE: WHITHER THE ARTISTIC ""X""?; 5. GENRE GOES PASTICHE: GENRE IN CONTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD; 6. NAVIGATING THE CONTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD BUSINESS MODEL: DIRECTORS IN THE DIGITAL AGE

7. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE 100 MILLION PAYCHECK: HOLLYWOOD STARDOM SINCE 19908. TV: THE LAST BEST HOPE?; 9. ""THE FUTURE, MR. GITTES. THE FUTURE"": NEXT WAVE FILMMAKING AND BEYOND; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612932977

9781282932975

1282932977

9780275998639

0275998630

OCLC:

696561232