Book: The Cinema Of Steven Spielberg: Empire Of Light( Series - Directors' Cuts ) 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& mdash;often vitriolic& mdash;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.
Details of Book: The Cinema Of Steven Spielberg: Empire Of Light( Series - Directors' Cuts ) Book: The Cinema Of Steven Spielberg: Empire Of Light( Series - Directors' Cuts )
Author: Nigel Morris
ISBN: 1904764894
ISBN-13: 9781904764892
, 978-1904764892
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: 2007/04/30
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Number of Pages: 434
Language: English