Cinema's most successful director is a commercial and cultural force demanding serious consideration. Not just triumphant marketing, this international popularity is partly a function of the movies themselves. Polarised critical attitudes largely overlook this, and evidence either unquestioning adulation or vilification?often vitriolic?for epitomising contemporary Hollywood. Detailed textual analyses reveal that alongside conventional commercial appeal, Spielberg's movies function consistently as a self-reflexive commentary on cinema. Rather than straightforwardly consumed realism or fantasy, they invite divergent readings and self-conscious spectatorship which contradict assumptions about their ideological tendencies. Exercising powerful emotional appeal, their ambiguities are profitably advantageous in maximising audiences and generating media attention.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
WallFlower Press
ISBN-13
9781904764885
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87259477
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Cinema of Steven Spielberg
Author
Nigel Morris
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
161mm
Item Weight
692g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Nigel Morris
Series Title
Directors' Cuts
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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