Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood 2 Lincoln Geraghty (University of Portsmouth, UK) 9781783200061

Hollywood continues to reign supreme; from award-winning dramas to multimillion-dollar, special-effects-laden blockbusters, Tinseltown produces the films that audiences around the world go to the cinema to see. While the film industry has dramatically changed over the years - stars have come and gone, studios have risen and fallen, new technologies have emerged to challenge directors and entice audiences - Hollywood remains the centre of global media entertainment. The second volume of Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood builds on its predecessor by exploring how the industry has evolved and expanded throughout its history. With new essays that discuss the importance of genre, adaptation, locations and technology in the production of film, this collection explores how Hollywood has looked to create, innovate, borrow and adapt new methods of filmmaking to capture the audience's imaginations. Touching on classic films such as North by Northwest and Dirty Harry alongside CGI blockbusters like The Lord of the Rings and The Dark Knight as well as comedies such as When Harry Met Sally and Jerry Maguire, this landmark book charts the changing tastes of cinema-goers and the diverse range of offerings from Hollywood. User-friendly and concise, yet dense and wide-ranging, Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood 2 demonstrates that Hollywood, despite its challenges from independent filmmakers and foreign directors, remains the undisputed king of moviemaking in the twenty-first century.

About the Author
Lincoln Geraghty is reader in popular media cultures in the School of Media and Performing Arts at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He serves as Senior Editor for Cogent Arts & Humanities and Editorial Advisor for The Journal of Popular Culture, Reconstruction, Journal of Fandom Studies and Journal of Popular Television with interests in science fiction film and television, fandom, merchandising and collecting in popular culture. He is the author of Living with Star Trek: American Culture and the Star Trek Universe (2007), American Science Fiction Film and Television (2009) and Cult Collectors: Nostalgia, Fandom and Collecting Popular Culture (2014). He has edited The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture (2008), Channeling the Future: Essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy Television (2009), The Smallville Chronicles: Critical Essays on the Television Series (2011) and, with Mark Jancovich, The Shifting Definitions of Genre: Essays on Labeling Film, Television Shows and Media (2008). He is currently serving as Editor of the Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood, an online and print publication (2011, 2015) and his latest collection is Popular Media Cultures: Fans, Audiences and Paratexts (2015).


Book Information
ISBN 9781783200061
Author Lincoln Geraghty
Format Paperback
Page Count 305
Imprint Intellect Books
Publisher Intellect Books
Series Directory of World Cinema
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 17mm