Spectacular narratives :Hollywood in the age of the blockbuster
- 作者: King, Geoff,
- 出版: London ;New York : I.B. Tauris Publishers 2000.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (213 pages) :illustrations.
- 叢書名: Cinema and society
- 標題: Motion pictures , Plots, themes, etc. , PERFORMING ARTS , Filmkunst. , Film genres. , Film. , Vertelkunst. , Electronic books. , Film & VideoReference. , History. , Special effects. , Cinematography , Motion pictures Plots, themes, etc. , Criticism, interpretation, etc. , Cinematography Special effects. , Erzähltechnik , Motion pictures United States -- History. , PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video -- Reference. , USA.
- ISBN: 0857716972 , 9780857716972
- ISBN: 1860645720 , 1860645739
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index. Introduction: spectacle, narrative and 'frontier' mythology -- 'Frontier' narrative and spectacle in Twister and Independence day -- Digital dinosaurs: from T-Rex to Titanic -- The final frontier: space fictions -- Maximum impact: action films -- Seriously spectacular: 'authenticity' and 'art' in the war epic -- Apocalypse, maybe: pre-millennial disaster movies -- Conclusion: into the spectacle?
- 摘要: 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 Hollywood cinema. He uses the myth of the American frontier against a range of Hollywood filmsand drawes examples from the digital-effects-based and virtual-reality spectacles, space fictions, action films, war epics and disaster films that now dominate cinema.
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What is the appeal of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster? The sheer scale and impact of big special effects sequences is part of the attraction of films such as Independence Day, Jurassic Park, Titanic or Mission Impossible. But they also offer other appeals, including the dynamics of narrative. Spectacular Narratives is the first serious book-length treatment of the contemporary blockbuster, including the digital-effects-based spectacle, space fictions, the action film, war spectaculars, the recent wave of disaster movies and films evoking new technologies such as virtual reality. Consideration is also given to the impact of profitable spin-offs such as film-related theme park rides and computer games. Geoff King argues against the view that an emphasis on the spectacular has led to an erosion of the importance of narrative in Hollywood. Instead, he suggests, even the most spectacular and effects-led contemporary blockbuster offers a blend of appeals, mixing elements of spectacle and narrative. Narrative is explored at the levels of both linear story-telling and underlying thematic patterns, a particular emphasis being placed on the persistence of elements of the myth/ideology of the American frontier. Close textual analysis is combined with consideration of the industrial and social contexts of contemporary Hollywood in a readable, original and rewarding book on the cinema that dominates markets across the globe.
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