基本説明
Taking Hollywood cinema as its central focus, this exciting book explores and critiques the range of debates that the phenomenon of cinema entertainment has provoked.
Full Description
Entertainment is a defining feature of contemporary culture, yet it is often accused of being superficial and even harmful. In this thought-provoking book, the authors challenge this negative view and argue for a reconsideration of the value of entertainment and the effect it has on the world in which we live. Taking Hollywood cinema as its central focus, this exciting book explores the range of debates that the phenomenon of cinema entertainment has aroused. It is packed with examples from modern, popular films throughout, including a whole chapter on the hugely successful film The Dark Knight. The book features interviews with Randy Thom and Walter Murch, filmmakers involved in creating some of the most successful films of recent years. There is an interesting discussion of the work and reputation of renowned filmmakers, Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock, names which have become synonymous with cinema entertainment. The authors consider what makes a film successful by looking at box office figures as well as detailed description and critique of current debates surrounding what it means to entertain and be entertained.Cinema Entertainment is important reading for film and media students as well as anyone interested in contemporary mass culture.
Contents
Introduction: cinema as entertainment
What audiences go for: elite and mass taste
Sensual pleasure, audiences and The Dark Knight
Alfred Hitchcock: the entertainer becomes an artist
Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones and the Holocaust
Filmmakers as entertainers? Interviews with Randy Thom and Walter Murch
The entertainment discourse
Bibliographical notes
Appendix 1: Methodology for statistical analysis
Appendix 2a: Walter Murch's filmography
Appendix 2b: Randy Thom's filmography
Appendix 3: Art
Appendix 4: Credits for The Dark Knight
