ABSTRACT
Big-budget, spectacular films designed to appeal to a mass audience: is this what - or all - blockbusters are? Movie Blockbusters brings together writings from key film scholars, including Douglas Gomery, Peter Kramer, Jon Lewis and Steve Neale, to address the work of notable blockbuster auteurs such as Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, discuss key movies such as Star Wars and Titanic, and consider the context in which blockbusters are produced and consumed, including what the rise of the blockbuster says about the Hollywood film industry, how blockbusters are marketed and exhibited, and who goes to see them. The book also considers the movie scene outside Hollywood, discussing blockbusters made in Bollywood, China, South Korea, New Zealand and Argentina
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|54 pages
Industry Matters
chapter 2|11 pages
Following the Money in America's Sunniest Company Town
chapter 4|15 pages
The Role of the Auteur in the Age of the Blockbuster
part 2|54 pages
Exploring Spectacle
chapter 7|13 pages
“Want to Take a Ride?”
part 3|61 pages
Establishing Cultural Status
chapter 11|12 pages
Star Wars in Fandom, Film Theory, and the Museum
chapter 12|12 pages
The Best Place to See a Film
part 4|54 pages
The Blockbuster in the International Frame