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Contemporary U.S. Cinema
Contemporary US Cinema
Author: Michael Allen
"And I guess that was your accomplice in the woodchipper." --- Frances McDormand in Fargo.
  • Examines maverick figures of the early 1970s, such as Scorsese, Coppola and Lucas, independent film-makers such as Jim Jarmusch, Alison Anders and the CGI-specialists of the present day such as James Cameron.
  • Includes chapters ...  more »
  • Looks at genres, sequels, remakes and recent developments in computer-based technologies and the financial implications of America's global markets on the American film industry .
Contemporary U.S. Cinema examines important developments in American film-making over the past three decades, citing them as instances both of change and of continuity within the practices and processes of earlier phases of classic Hollywood cinema. The book divides into nine comprehensive and provocative chapters exploring, for example, directors, genres, and new developments in film making, Michael Allen offers a survey of significant events and trends of the past thirty years of American cinema and combines this with a detailed exploration of its most important figures and individual works. Michael Allen is at the University of London
ISBN-13: 9780582437760
ISBN-10: 0582437768
Publication Date: 11/11/2002
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Longman
Book Type: Paperback
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