Hollywood Hype and Audiences: Selling and Watching

by Thomas Austin

Book Overview

A fascinating multi-dimensional investigation of popular film as a commercial, cultural and social phenomenon, focusing on well known and controversial films, and on important - and marketable - issues such as sex and violence. Traces the circulation in Britain of three Hollywood films - Basic Instinct, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Natural Born Killers - from marketing and critical reception to consumption. Draws on economic and discursive contexts and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719057752
• ISBN13: 9780719057755
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"