"The Star System: Hollywood's Production of Popular Identities examines the development and changing organisation of the star system in the American film industry. Tracing the popularity of star performers from the early 'cinema of attractions' to the internet universe, Paul McD…
"The Star System: Hollywood's Production of Popular Identities examines the development and changing organisation of the star system in the American film industry. Tracing the popularity of star performers from the early 'cinema of attractions' to the internet universe, Paul McD…
Looks at the development and changing organization of the star system in the American film industry. Tracing the popularity of star performers from the early “cinema of attractions" to the Internet universe, Paul McDonald explores the ways in which Hollywood has made and so…
A concise and accessible introduction to the role violence has played in the cinema from the silent era to the present, this volume illustrates the breadth and depth of screen bloodshed in historical, cultural and industrial contexts. After considering problems of definition, th…
A concise and accessible introduction to the role violence has played in the cinema from the silent era to the present, this volume illustrates the breadth and depth of screen bloodshed in historical, cultural and industrial contexts. After considering problems of definition, th…
This title examines how film violence has affected and been affected by governmental policies, box-office receipts, gender differences, changing notions of genre, well-known auteurs and broad social trends.