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OverviewCinema's most successful director is a commercial and cultural force demanding serious consideration. Not just triumphant marketing, this international popularity is partly a function of the movies themselves. Polarised critical attitudes largely overlook this, and evidence either unquestioning adulation or vilification-often vitriolic-for epitomising contemporary Hollywood. Detailed textual analyses reveal that alongside conventional commercial appeal, Spielberg's movies function consistently as a self-reflexive commentary on cinema. Rather than straightforwardly consumed realism or fantasy, they invite divergent readings and self-conscious spectatorship which contradict assumptions about their ideological tendencies. Exercising powerful emotional appeal, their ambiguities are profitably advantageous in maximising audiences and generating media attention. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nigel MorrisPublisher: Wallflower Press Imprint: Wallflower Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.934kg ISBN: 9781904764892ISBN 10: 1904764894 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 September 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA fascinating take on the man's legendary work. -- Empire Highly recommended.--Choice A fascinating take on the man's legendary work.--Empire Author InformationNigel Morris is Principal Lecturer in Media Theory and Teacher Fellow in the Department of Media Production, University of Lincoln. His publications include articles and chapters on aspects of American, British, German and Welsh cinema, literary adaptation, and cinematic and literary modernism. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |