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Hollywood Genres: Formulas, Filmmaking, and The Studio System [Paperback]

Thomas Schatz (Author)
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Publication Date: February 1, 1981 | ISBN-10: 0075536234 | ISBN-13: 978-0075536239 | Edition: 1
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 industry and its audience. This process, embodied by the Hollywood studio system, has been sustained primarily through genres, those popular narrative formulas like the Western, musical and gangster film, which have dominated the screen arts throughout this century.

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  • Paperback: 300 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 1 edition (February 1, 1981)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0075536234
  • ISBN-13: 978-0075536239
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.6 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #504,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Genre-ific! June 23, 2009
By E. Blackwood
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Everyone should read this to learn more about Hollywood genres and realize that today's Hollywood is much different that how film used to be shot.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hollywood Genres: Formulas, Filmmaking and the Studio System June 10, 2000
By Stephen Hunt
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A well written book which explores Hollywood genres with easy to read examples of classic Hollywood movies, and their effect on the movie-going public of the day. Comprehensive and absorbing.
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