Cinema's most successful director is a commercial and cultural force demanding serious consideration. Not just triumphant marketing, this international popularity is partly a function of the movies themselves. Polarised critical attitudes largely overlook this, and evidence either unquestioning adulation or vilificationoften vitriolicfor epitomising contemporary Hollywood. Detailed textual analyses reveal that alongside conventional commercial appeal, Spielberg's movies function consistently as a self-reflexive commentary on cinema. Rather than straightforwardly consumed realism or fantasy, they invite divergent readings and self-conscious spectatorship which contradict assumptions about their ideological tendencies. Exercising powerful emotional appeal, their ambiguities are profitably advantageous in maximising audiences and generating media attention.
"1101182467"
The Cinema of Steven Spielberg: Empire of Light
Cinema's most successful director is a commercial and cultural force demanding serious consideration. Not just triumphant marketing, this international popularity is partly a function of the movies themselves. Polarised critical attitudes largely overlook this, and evidence either unquestioning adulation or vilificationoften vitriolicfor epitomising contemporary Hollywood. Detailed textual analyses reveal that alongside conventional commercial appeal, Spielberg's movies function consistently as a self-reflexive commentary on cinema. Rather than straightforwardly consumed realism or fantasy, they invite divergent readings and self-conscious spectatorship which contradict assumptions about their ideological tendencies. Exercising powerful emotional appeal, their ambiguities are profitably advantageous in maximising audiences and generating media attention.
19.49
In Stock
5
1
The Cinema of Steven Spielberg: Empire of Light
224The Cinema of Steven Spielberg: Empire of Light
224eBook
$19.49
$25.99
Save 25%
Current price is $19.49, Original price is $25.99. You Save 25%.
Related collections and offers
19.49
In Stock
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780231503457 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
Publication date: | 02/13/2007 |
Series: | Directors' Cuts |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 224 |
File size: | 6 MB |
About the Author
From the B&N Reads Blog