Hollywood Spectatorship: Changing Perceptions of Cinema Audiences

Melvyn Stokes, Richard Maltby

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    Abstract

    Introduction historical Hollywood spectatorship, Melvyn Stokes.- Part One Talking pictures the reception of Hollywood: writing the history of American film reception, Janet Staiger.- genre and audience genre classifications and cultural distinctions in the mediation of 'The Silence of the Lambs', Mark Jancovich.- interpreting 'All About Eve' a study in historical reception, Martin Shingler.- the fall and rise of 'Fantasia', Amy M. Davis.- changing perceptions of the movies American catholics debate film censorship, Gregory D. Black.- historical spectatorship around and about Stanley Kramer's 'On the Beach', G. Tom Poe. Part Two The spectator reviewed: 'Green Like Me', Jane Gaines.- the sonic playground Hollywood cinema and its listeners, Gianluca Sergi.- the contemporary cinephile film collecting in the post-video era, Barbara Klinger.- virtual Hollywood and the geneology of its hyper-spectator, Alain J.J. Cohen.

    Original languageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing Plc
    Number of pages168
    ISBN (Electronic)9781838716240
    ISBN (Print)9780851708102
    Publication statusPublished - 2001

    Bibliographical note

    Originally published in 2004 by Bloomsbury Publishing, with an imprint of BFI (British Film Institute). Digitised and reissued in 2019 by Bloomsbury Publishing, with an imprint of BFI (British Film Institute).

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