American Audiences on Movies and Moviegoing [electronic resource] / Tom Stempel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stempel, Tom, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--United States--Finance--Statistics.

Motion picture industry.

Motion pictures--Evaluation.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture audiences--United States.

Motion picture audiences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A unique perspective on half a century of American cinema -- from the audience's point of view. Tom Stempel goes beyond the comments of professional reviewers, concentrating on the opinions of ordinary people. He traces shifting trends in genre and taste, examining and questioning the power films have in American society. Stempel blends audience response with his own observations and analyzes box office results that identify the movies people actually went to see, not just those praised by the critics. Avoiding statistical summary, he presents the results of a survey on movies and moviegoing i

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Childhoods; 2. Hollywood's Fifties; 3. Sex and Seriousness; 4. Opening the Sixties; 5. Television and Movies; 6. Closing the Sixties; 7. Dark and Golden; 8. Black and Dark; 9. Star Wars; 10. Film Education; 11. Directors; 12. Spielberg; 13. Studios and VCRs; 14. Promoting Habits; 15. Changing Experiences; 16. Experiencing Emotions; 17. Eastwood; A Concluding Thought or Two; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-4940-1

0-8131-7117-2

OCLC:

65184323