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History 20th Century

Spectacular Narratives

Hollywood in the Age of the Blockbuster

by (author) Geoff King

Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Initial publish date
Jan 2001
Category
20th Century, General, Direction & Production
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781860645730
    Publish Date
    Jan 2001
    List Price
    $29.95

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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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Contributor Notes

Geoff Kingis Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Brunel University.