Quality Hollywood : Markers of Distinction in Contemporary Studio Film ebook MOBI, FB2, DOC
9781784530457 English 178453045X What defines 'quality' in Hollywood film? Nuanced plots, artful cinematography and serious subjects have traditionally been associated with arthouse and independent film. But the early decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a new era of mainstream 'quality cinema,' exemplified by films such as Inception, The Social Network, Blood Diamond and Mystic River. Geoff King unpacks this phenomenon, examining contemporary uses of critical terms like 'classy,' 'quality' and 'artistic', connecting them to cultural taste patterns and industry developments. Spanning star power, celebrity-led production companies, divisions between 'high' and 'low' culture, the impact of social media on marketing Hollywood films and the changing role of specialty divisions, this book illuminates a major recent shift in Hollywood cinema., 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."
9781784530457 English 178453045X What defines 'quality' in Hollywood film? Nuanced plots, artful cinematography and serious subjects have traditionally been associated with arthouse and independent film. But the early decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a new era of mainstream 'quality cinema,' exemplified by films such as Inception, The Social Network, Blood Diamond and Mystic River. Geoff King unpacks this phenomenon, examining contemporary uses of critical terms like 'classy,' 'quality' and 'artistic', connecting them to cultural taste patterns and industry developments. Spanning star power, celebrity-led production companies, divisions between 'high' and 'low' culture, the impact of social media on marketing Hollywood films and the changing role of specialty divisions, this book illuminates a major recent shift in Hollywood cinema., 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."