Movie Wars How Hollywood and the Media Limit What Films We Can See

Is the cinema, as writers from David Denby to Susan Sontag have claimed, really dead? Contrary to what we have been led to believe, films are better than ever-we just can't see the good ones. Movie Wars cogently explains how movies are packaged, distributed, and promoted, and how, at every stage of the process, the potential moviegoer is treated with contempt. Using examples ranging from the New York Times's coverage of the Cannes film festival to the anticommercial practices of Orson Welles, Movie Wars details the workings of the powerful forces that are in the process of ruining our precious cinematic culture and heritage, and the counterforces that have begun to fight back.

ISBN:	9781556524547
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press
Imprint:	Chicago Review Press
Published date:	01 Jul 2002
DEWEY:	791.430973
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	234
Weight:	317g
Height:	230mm
Width:	155mm
Spine width:	13mm

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