Title Quality Hollywood : markers of distinction in contemporary studio film / Geoff King

Published London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Series International library of moving image ; Volume 28 Summary What defines 'quality' in contemporary Hollywood film? Although often seen as inhospitable to such work, the studios of the blockbuster-franchise era continue to produce features that make claims to higher status. Films such as The Social Network, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Mystic River are marked as distinctive from the mainstream norm. But how exactly, and how are such qualities mixed with more familiar Hollywood ingredients, as found in larger doses in other examples such as Blood Diamond and the blockbuster-scale Inception? Quality Hollywood is the first book to address these issues, featuring close analysis of case study films, critical responses and the wider notions of cultural value on which these draw. Geoff King argues that such films retain a presence as a minority strand of studio output. The reasons for this combine factors relating to economics, the power of certain filmmakers and Hollywood's investment in its own prestige Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, March 4, 2019) Print version record Subject Motion pictures -- United States -- Aesthetics Motion pictures -- United States -- History Quality (Aesthetics) quality. PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. Motion pictures Motion pictures -- Aesthetics Quality (Aesthetics) United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0857728164 9780857728166 0857728857 9780857728852

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