New Hollywood Cinema: An Introduction

by Geoff King

Book Overview

What is "New Hollywood"? The "art" cinema of the Hollywood "Renaissance" or the corporate controlled blockbuster? The introverted world of Travis Bickle or the action heroics of Indiana Jones, Buzz Lightyear, and Maximus the Gladiator? Innovative departures from the "classical" Hollywood style or superficial glitz, special effects, and borrowings from MTV? Wholesale change or important continuities with Hollywood's past? The answer suggested by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231127596
• ISBN13: 9780231127592
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher