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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460380703321

Autore

Aveyard Karina

Titolo

Lure of the big screen : cinema in rural Australia and the United Kingdom / / Karina Aveyard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, England ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : Intellect, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78320-384-6

1-78320-383-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

791.43091734

Soggetti

Motion picture theaters - Great Britain - History

Motion picture theaters - Australia - History

Motion pictures, British

Motion pictures, Australian

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Images; List of Abbreviations; Cinema Case Study Sites; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Hierarchies of Rural Cinema; Chapter 2: Rural Cinema as a Business; Chapter 3: Rural Cinema and Public Policy; Chapter 4: Rural Cinema and Grassroots Movements; Chapter 5: Rural Cinema as a Social Event; Conclusion: The Lure of the Big Screen; Appendix A: Methodological Notes; Appendix B: Industry Interviews and Correspondence; References; Note; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Lure of the Big Screen explores film exhibition and consumption in rural parts of the UK and Australia, where film theatres are often highly valued as spaces around which isolated communities can gather and interact.Going beyond national borders, this book examines how theatres in areas of social and economic decline are sustained by resourceful individuals and sub-commercial operating structures. Systematic analysis of cinemas in non-metropolitan locations has yielded an original five-tiered clustering model through which Karina



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