With the release of Avatar in December 2009, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It's a distinction he's long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and…
"AMERICAN BLOCKBUSTER takes up the blockbuster film as a locus for understanding the relationship between popular entertainment and industry. Audiences, critics, and producers may take for granted what constitutes a blockbuster--entertainment, spectacle, technological innovation…
"Ben-Hur (1959), Jaws (1975), Avatar (2009), Wonder Woman (2017): the blockbuster movie has held a dominant position in American popular culture for decades. In American Blockbuster Charles R. Acland charts the origins, impact, and dynamics of this most visible, entertaining, an…
Blockbuster ballyhoo -- Industrial regimes of entertainment -- Delivering blockbusters -- The business of big -- Hollywood's return -- Cosmopolitan artlessness -- The end of James Cameron's Quiet Years -- The technological heart of movie culture -- Epilogue: Exhausted entertainm…
"AMERICAN BLOCKBUSTER takes up the blockbuster film as a locus for understanding the relationship between popular entertainment and industry. Audiences, critics, and producers may take for granted what constitutes a blockbuster--entertainment, spectacle, technological innovation…
"AMERICAN BLOCKBUSTER takes up the blockbuster film as a locus for understanding the relationship between popular entertainment and industry. Audiences, critics, and producers may take for granted what constitutes a blockbuster--entertainment, spectacle, technological innovation…
"AMERICAN BLOCKBUSTER takes up the blockbuster film as a locus for understanding the relationship between popular entertainment and industry. Audiences, critics, and producers may take for granted what constitutes a blockbuster--entertainment, spectacle, technological innovation…
"AMERICAN BLOCKBUSTER takes up the blockbuster film as a locus for understanding the relationship between popular entertainment and industry. Audiences, critics, and producers may take for granted what constitutes a blockbuster--entertainment, spectacle, technological innovation…
James Cameron: interviews
by Dunham, Brent, Cameron, James
fromConversations with filmmakers series
James Cameron: interviews
by Dunham, Brent, Cameron, James
fromConversations with filmmakers series
