Acclaimed for its breakthrough approach and its combination of theoretical analysis and empirical evidence, this is the standard work on the classical Hollywood cinema style of film-making from the silent era to the 1960s.

A rich and informative look at the experiences of composers working under high pressure in the US film industry, The Hollywood Film Music Reader brings readers from film's earliest days to the modern blockbuster era. Beginning with the origins of movie music in the heyday of silent film, the book traces film music's progress through Hollywood's so-called Golden Age to changes i...(展开全部)

By integrating star studies and film industry studies, Hollywood Stardom reveals the inextricable bonds between culture and commerce in contemporary notions of film stardom. Integrates the traditions of star studies and industry studies to establish an original and innovative mode of analysis whereby the 'star image' is replaced with the 'star brand' Offers the first extensi...(展开全部)

By integrating star studies and film industry studies, Hollywood Stardom reveals the inextricable bonds between culture and commerce in contemporary notions of film stardom. Integrates the traditions of star studies and industry studies to establish an original and innovative mode of analysis whereby the 'star image' is replaced with the 'star brand' Offers the first extensi...(展开全部)

托马斯•沙兹（Thomas Schatz），美国德克萨斯大学传播学教授，主要研究领域为好莱坞电影和制片厂制度。作为知名电影评论人，著有：《旧好莱坞•新好莱坞：仪式、艺术与工业》《繁荣与衰败：1940年代的美国电影》《体系的特质：制片厂时代的好莱坞电影制作》《好莱坞电影类型》等。他还参与了多部电影及电视纪录片的创作，如美国公共电视台的纪录片系列《美国电影》等。

In a Freakonomics meets Hollywood saga, veteran investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein goes undercover to explore Hollywood’s “invisible money machine,” probing the dazzlingly complicated finances behind the hits and the flops, while he answers the surprisingly puzzling question: How do the studios make their money? Along the way we also learn much about star system and w...(展开全部)

As veteran Hollywood journalist David L Robb shows in this revealing insider's look into Hollywood's 'dirtiest little secret' - the final product that moviegoers see at the theatre is often not just what the director intends but also what the powers-that-be in the military want to project about America's armed forces.

In this unprecedented, all-encompassing, and thoroughly entertaining account of the movie business, acclaimed writer Edward Jay Epstein reveals the real magic behind moviemaking: how the studios make their money. Epstein shows that in Hollywood, the only art that matters is the art of the deal: Major films turn huge profits not from the movies themselves but through myriad oth...(展开全部)

The central thesis of this book is that a genre approach provides the most effective means for understanding, analyzing and appreciating the Hollywood cinema. Taking into account not only the formal and aesthetic aspects of feature filmmaking, but various other cultural aspects as well, the genre approach treats movie production as a dynamic process of exchange between the film...(展开全部)