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The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry
"Expertly organised and sharply focused, this collection gives its readers a clear and comprehensive introduction to how Hollywood has reorganised itself for its second century as the dominant global entertainment machine." "The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry does well to highlight the evolving 'global Hollywood,' the American film industry’s truly multinational scale and scope. Of particular interest are the book’s several essays on so-called ancillary industries like videogames and music, which give readers a good, long look at a film industry that today concerns itself with a lot more than just making movies."
–Richard Maltby, Flinders University
–Jon Lewis, Professor, Oregon State University
Paul McDonald (Edited by), Janet Wasko (Edited by)
9781405133883, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 13 December 2007
352 pages
24.6 x 17.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.522 kg
“Covers all levels of motion pictures from a business perspective … .This book examines the industry in contemporary marketing terms, and each essay clearly explains another aspect of American film as a business. THE CONTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY is a truly indispensable book, and a pioneering effort in understanding cinema’s business aspects. It’s thorough study of the financial side of motion pictures, complete with full lists of sources after each insightful essay, is fascinating, enlightening, and instructive.” (RogueCinema.com, December 2008)
The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry is a collection of essays by leading scholars that examines the state of the U.S. film industry, from the l980s to present day.
List of Figures viii List of Tables xii Acknowledgments xiii Notes on Contributors xiv Introduction: The New Contours of the Hollywood Film Industry 1 Part I The Structure Of The Industry 11 1 The Studio System and Conglomerate Hollywood 13 2 Financing and Production: Creating the Hollywood Film Commodity 43 3 Distribution and Marketing in Contemporary Hollywood 63 4 Theatrical Exhibition: Accelerated Cinema 83 5 Ancillary Markets – Television: From Challenge to Safe Haven 106 6 Ancillary Markets – Video and DVD: Hollywood Retools 120 7 Ancillary Markets – Video Games: Promises and Challenges of an Emerging Industry 132 8 Ancillary Markets – Recorded Music: Charting the Rise and Fall of the Soundtrack Album 143 Part II Industry Dynamics 153 9 Labor: The Effects of Media Concentration on the Film and Television Workforce 155 10 The Star System: The Production of Hollywood Stardom in the Post-Studio Era 167 11 Hollywood and the State: The American Film Industry Cartel in the Age of Globalization 182 12 Hollywood and Intellectual Property 195 Part III International Territories 207 13 Hollywood and the World: Export or Die 209 14 Britain: Hollywood, UK 220 15 France: A Story of Love and Hate – French and American Cinema in the French Audiovisual Markets 232 16 Germany: Hollywood and the Germans – A Very Special Relationship 240 17 Italy: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Market 251 18 Latin America: How Mexico and Argentina Cope and Cooperate with the Behemoth of the North 264 19 East Asia: For Better or Worse 277 20 India: Hollywood’s Domination, Extinction, and Re-animation (with thanks to Jurassic Park) 285 21 Australia and New Zealand: Expats in Hollywood and Hollywood South 295 Index 307
Paul McDonald and Janet Wasko
Tom Schatz
Janet Wasko
Philip Drake
Charles Acland
Eileen R. Meehan
Frederick Wasser
Randy Nichols
Jeff Smith
Susan Christopherson
Paul McDonald
Manjunath Pendakur
Ronald V. Bettig
John Trumpbour
Paul McDonald
Joel Augros
Peter Krämer
Krishna P. Jayakar and David Waterman
Tamara L. Falicov
John A. Lent
Nitin Govil
David Newman
Subject Areas: Society & culture: general [JF]
