Hollywood Cinema

This roundtable discussion focuses on innovative methods, sources, and approaches that give us new insights into the study of Hollywood. Chris Cagle, Emily Carman, Mark Garrett Cooper, Kate Fortmueller, Eric Hoyt, Denise McKenna, Ross Melnick, and Shelley Stamp all participated while I moderated the conversation.

1985

Linguistics and Culture Review, 2021

The paper is devoted to the problems of director's self-fulfilment in the cinematograph of New Hollywood. The study examines such a unique phenomenon of the artistic culture of the 20th century as American author's cinematograph. The relevance of this study is determined by the trends in the development of New Hollywood, which have radically changed the essence of modern cinematograph. The purpose of the study is to identify the specifics of New Hollywood cinema, which resonated in the work of modern Hollywood directors as an influential and competitive area. The main emphasis in this study is placed on the attempts of both historians and film theorists, as well as practitioners themselves to find clear boundaries between American independent and mass Hollywood cinematograph, as well as on the reasons why film critics and culturologists consider a particular American film to be independent, author's, or mass cinema (the so-called mainstream). At the same time, the main a...

FA49A: Cinema and Audience, Sociological Debate - Fall, 2022

This paper explores the birth and evolution of cinema, focusing on its impact on movie theaters, films, and audiences. It highlights the motivations behind cinema's development and the early fascination with moving images. The emergence of nickelodeons made movies more accessible to a wider audience, including immigrants and the working class. Feature films brought changes in narrative structure and appealed to the middle and upper classes. The global movie industry before WWI gradually gave way to Hollywood's dominance. French Impressionism and movements like Dadaism and Surrealism challenged traditional narratives. Eventually, Hollywood adopted a standardized narrative structure. Overall, cinema's transformation was influenced by technology, industry, changing audiences, and artistic movements, shaping it into its recognizable form today.

2013

The Journal of Economic History, 2005

Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023