La Nuova Hollywood. Dalla rinascita degli anni sessanta all'era del blockbuster

by Geoff King

Geoff King, in questa introduzione al cinema hollywoodiano, esamina la recente produzione hollywoodiana a partire da tre prospettive principali: lo stile dei film, l'industria e il contesto storico-sociale. Ciascuna prospettiva è considerata secondo le sue peculiari caratteristiche, anche se una delle tesi centrali del libro considera necessaria una combinazione delle tre prospettive. L'autore, Lecturer in film and television studies alla Brunel University di Londra, si sofferma sulla rinascita hollywoodiana durante i tardi anni Sessanta e Settanta, sul ruolo dei "registi-autori", sui fattori industriali che hanno trasformato la filosofia delle major, descrive i generi e lo starsystem, analizza gli spettacoli pensati per il piccolo schermo.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Media Tie In, History

348 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Geoff King is lecturer in film and television Studies at Brunel University, London.

Reviews

[Fien Vermeylen · Rating 4 out of 5]

interesting and well-written

[Fede · Rating 3 out of 5]

Certainly an interesting historical approach on one of the most important movements of American cinema and a starting point for the study the movie brats phenomenon that have influenced contemporary cinema so much. In the second part of the text in fact the author speak about the dominance of blockbuster movie in 1980 that was emerged because of the New Hollywood years. The text flows pleasantly and never gets boring.

[Amirhossein · Rating 3 out of 5]

کتاب خیلی خوبیه و از همه جنبه‌ها به قضیه پرداخته.
اما به شدت خسته‌کننده‌اس؛ ینی منی که کتاب‌های سینمایی سخت خوان رو مثه آب خوردن میخونم؛ این یکی واقعا دهنم رو سرویس کرد.
درضمن مثلا‌های جالبی هم زده

[Billie · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you're looking for a summary of the New Hollywood movement, Geoff King's New Hollywood Cinema is not a a bad place to start although, only half the book is dedicated to that, the other half is about blockbusters and modern Hollywood.

I found the information in this to be helpful as a general summary, but it is slightly misleading.

[Isaac Davidson]

Really interesting, though it focuses more on current Hollywood trends and aesthetic than I had anticipated. I was more interested in reading about the Hollywood Renaissance of the 1960s/70s and this book only offers a chapter focusing on it exclusively. However, it does serve as a good introduction on the multitude of factors involved in Hollywood studies.

Ultimately, King seeks to offer counterpoints to the trend of critics and intellectuals who are dismissive and hyperbolic about the state of modern Hollywood and the MTV aesthetic. Additionally, he fights against the clear breaks often made between the 'Classical' and 'Post-Classical' eras of Hollywood cinema, drawing attention to a more complex continuity than is generally assumed.

[ehk2 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is good at in its consideration of what other critics (cultural/critical studies) generally take for granted or deal only loosely: political economy of film industry and its interaction with specific films under different periods.
I think this is a huge improvement when compared with the approach in Ryan & Kellner's 'Camera Politica' (1988).
It also focuses on the technical/stylistic aspects more. Additionally, it refrains from asserting easily-made over-generalizations about clear-cut changes between different eras, thus trying to show underlying continuities and co-existences.

[jordan · Rating 3 out of 5]

In trying to redefine "New Hollywood" as both the counterculture Hollywood films of the late 60s and 70s and the contemporary Hollywood blockbusters through present day, King spends significantly more time on the latter than the former. While this becomes informative on a basic level, it is not quite the balance I had anticipated.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very general review of cinema and how it's changed since the "studio era." I just wish it had focused more on the "New Hollywood" more, rather than blockbusters of the last 20 years. Who cares about recent big-budget films? Not I.

Still, informative and definitely contained some interesting tidbits.

[Sidney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Many say the 1970s defined the way Hollywood films are made today. In this seminal work, Geoff King negotiates the two prominent ideas around this 'New Hollywood' - that it is simply an extension of the 'Classical' Hollywood defined by Bordwell/Thompson, as well as being a re-imagining of the aesthetic and narrative possibilities of American cinema.

[Amy]

Intended for Trysh Ind. Study but didn't make the cut.

[Ke · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked what I read. Maybe it is because the book is about innovative Hollywood projects, I found the topic exciting and refreshing.