What makes today's Hollywood films so successful? Is it the sheer scale of special effects that gives films like "Jurassic Park" or "The Matrix" their mass audience appeal? Geoff King looks at the underexplored dynamic relationship between narrative and spectacle in contemporary…
This text focuses on the dynamic relationship between narrative and spectacle in Hollywood cinema. It shows how narrative remains integral to the cinematic blockbuster, citing the continuing relevance of the mythic American frontier.
What makes today's Hollywood films so successful? Is it the sheer scale of special effects that gives films like "Jurassic Park" or "The Matrix" their mass audience appeal? Geoff King looks at the underexplored dynamic relationship between narrative and spectacle in contemporary…
Addresses the stylistic, industrial, and socio-historical contexts of the New Hollywood cinema, identifying its distinctive characteristics and its points of similarity with the Hollywood of the past. Topics include the industrial context to the blockbuster format of contemporar…