Sheldon Hall is a senior lecturer in stage and screen studies at Sheffield Hallam University and author of Zulu: With Some Guts Behind It - The Making of the Epic Film and co-editor (with John Belton and Steve Neale) of Widescreen Worldwide. Steve Neale is professor of English at the University of Exeter and author and editor of several books, most recently, Genre and Contemporary Hollywood.
Hall and Neale illuminate the evolution of the exhibition of films
from early nickelodeons, picture palaces, and drive-ins to our
millennium's multiplexes, IMAX theaters, and DVD home cinema. . .
This book is an excellent resource for any scholar who is either
writing a thesis or teaching film studies.--Roslin Smith "Journal
of Film and Video"
Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale's new book Epics, Spectacles, and
Blockbusters offers a necessary corrective to the balance of the
blockbuster debate. It provides a clear, chronological account of
industry trends, starting with imported 'passion plays' in the
1900s, and culminating with the release of Avatar at the end of
2009. Throughout, it refrains from drawing conclusions beyond what
can be empirically demonstrated. The result is an invaluable tool
for future scholarship on popular cinema."--Jim Whalley "New Review
of Film and Television Studies"
This 363-page compendium presents a comprehensive and detailed
history of the large-scale, high-cost movie from the beginning of
movie-making in the 1890s down to the present day. Chronologically
organized, the impact of technological developments on movie making
is fully integrated into this superbly written and scholarly
history, making Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters an invaluable
and core addition to personal, professional, academic, and
community library Hollywood History & Film reference collections
and supplemental reading lists."-- "Midwest Book Review"
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