Going to the Movies: Hollywood and the Social Experience of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Maltby, Richard / Stokes, Melvyn / Allen, Robert C., PUBLISHER: University of Exeter Press, A nickelodeon screening a Charlie Chaplin silent classic, ong>theong> downtown arthouse cinemas that made Antonioni and Cassavetes household names, ong>theong> modern suburban megaplex and its sold-out Friday ong>nightong> blockbuster: "how" American and global audiences have viewed movies is as rich a part of cinematic history as "what" we've seen on ong>theong> silver screen. "Going to ong>theong> Movies" considers ong>theong> implications of this social and cultural history through an analysis of ong>theong> diverse historical and geographical circumstances in which audiences have viewed American cinema. Featuring a distinguished group of film scholars--including Richard Abel, Annette Kuhn, Jane Gaines, and Thomas Doherty--whose interests range broadly across time and place, this volume analyzes ong>theong> role of movie ong>theong>atres in local communities, ong>theong> links between film and oong>theong>r entertainment media, non-ong>theong>atrical exhibition, and trends arising from ong>theong> globalization of audiences. Emphasizing moviegoing outside of ong>theong> norong>theong>astern United States, as well as ong>theong> complexities of race in relation to cinema attendance, "Going to ong>theong> Movies "appeals to ong>theong> global citizen of cinema--locating ong>theong> moviegoing experience in its appeal to ong>theong> heart and mind of ong>theong> audience, wheong>theong>r it's located in a South African shanty town or ong>theong> screening room of a Hollywood production lot.