Screen LibraryHollywood is everywhere : global directors in the blockbuster era /
"Hollywood has a long tradition of bringing in émigré directors from around the world, dating back to the silent era. Today, as the film industry is every more global, the people who make blockbuster movies seemingly reflect this tradition, hailing from many countries across the world. But that...
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Amsterdam University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Film culture in transition
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"Hollywood has a long tradition of bringing in émigré directors from around the world, dating back to the silent era. Today, as the film industry is every more global, the people who make blockbuster movies seemingly reflect this tradition, hailing from many countries across the world. But that fact hides a fundamental difference, one that Melis Behlil examines in Hollywood is Everywhere: today's Hollywood studios are themselves transnational, with ownership structures and financial arrangements that stretch far beyond the borders of the United States. Seen in that context, today's international directors are less analogous to the émigré talent of the past than to ordinary transnational employees of other major global corporations."--Page [4] of cover. |
| Carrier Form: | 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-182) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789089647399 (hardback) : 9089647392 (hardback) 9789048524976 (e-ISBN) 9048524970 (e-ISBN) |
| Index Number: | PN1995 |
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J94 J91 |
| Call Number: | J91/B419 |
| Contents: | Defining Hollywood -- Cultural work in a globalizing world -- Histories and geographies of global directors -- A view to a franchise: James Bond -- "Once more with the volume up": auto-remakes' -- I want my MTV: advertising and music videos -- Conclusion: "everywhere is Hollywood". |