Hollywood in Crisis or: The Collapse of the Real
This book discusses the collapse and transformation of the Hollywood movie machine in the twenty-first century, and the concomitant social collapse being felt in nearly every aspect of society. Winston Wheeler Dixon examines key works in cinema from the e
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Hollywood in Crisis or: The Collapse of the Real
Wheeler Winston Dixon
Hollywood in Crisis or: The Collapse of the Real
Wheeler Winston Dixon Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-40480-6 ISBN 978-3-319-40481-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40481-3
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016949031 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © Stephen Bonk/Fotolia.co.uk Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
For Gwendolyn, who knows that all of this is true.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Brief portions of this text originally appeared in Film International Online; my thanks to Daniel Lindvall, editor, for permission to reprint these materials here.
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CONTENTS
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1
This Is the End
2
The Center Will Not Hold
23
3
The New Hollywood Economy
39
4
Hollywood under Attack
65
5
The Visible Invisible
87
Works Cited
107
Index
111
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ABOUT
THE
AUTHOR
Wheeler Winston Dixon is the James Ryan Professor of Film Studies, Coordinator of the Film Studies Program, Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and, with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, editor of the book series Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture for Rutgers University Press. His newest books are Black and White Cinema: A Short History (2015), Dark Humor in Films of the 1960s (2015), Cinema at the Margins (2013), Streaming: Movies, Media and Instant Access (2013), Death of the Moguls: The End of Classical Hollywood (2012), 21st Century Hollywood: Movies in the Era of Transformation (2011, co-authored with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster), A History of Horror (2010), and Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia (2009). Dixon’s book A Short History of Film (2008, co-authored with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster) was reprinted six times through 2012. A second, revised edition was published
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