Contemporary Hollywood Cinema

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Routledge

This essay provides an overview of the contemporary Hollywood film industry. It discusses the different aspects of the industry, such as economics, aesthetics, technology, and audiences. It also looks at emerging trends and genres.

This provides a wide-ranging introduction to the film industry today. The contributors examine the idea of the new Hollywood, and ask what links and differentiates contemporary cinema from its Classical predecessor. They consider the economics and institutions, aesthetics and technology, and audiences and ideologies of contemporary cinema, and look at emerging trends and genres such as new Black cinema, female action heroines, the yuppie horror film, and the family adventure movie. The authors discuss defining features of contemporary Hollywood: the growth of aggressive business strategies such as the independent marketing of stars; made-for-TV movies and the saturation release of blockbusters; the globalization of the market for Hollywood product; the rise of the major independent production/distribution companies, and the recent success of independent films such as Pulp Fiction and The Brothers McMullen .