Quality Hollywood : markers of distinction in contemporary studio film / Geoff King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Geoff, 1960- author.

Series:

International library of moving image ; Volume 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States--History.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 327 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, [2016]

Summary:

What defines 'quality' in contemporary Hollywood film? Although often seen as inhospitable to such work, the studios of the blockbuster-franchise era continue to produce features that make claims to higher status. Films such as The Social Network, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Mystic River are marked as distinctive from the mainstream norm. But how exactly, and how are such qualities mixed with more familiar Hollywood ingredients, as found in larger doses in other examples such as Blood Diamond and the blockbuster-scale Inception? Quality Hollywood is the first book to address these issues, featuring close analysis of case study films, critical responses and the wider notions of cultural value on which these draw. Geoff King argues that such films retain a presence as a minority strand of studio output. The reasons for this combine factors relating to economics, the power of certain filmmakers and Hollywood's investment in its own prestige.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857728852

0857728857

9780857728166

0857728164