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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825232803321

Autore

Klinger Barbara <1951->

Titolo

Beyond the multiplex : cinema, new technologies, and the home / / Barbara Klinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006

ISBN

1-4237-5548-0

0-520-93907-7

1-59875-918-3

Edizione

[Reprint 2019]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Disciplina

302.23/45

Soggetti

Home theaters

Motion pictures and television

Television - Social aspects

Television - Technological innovations

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

The new media aristocrats -- The contemporary cinephile -- Remembrance of films past -- Once is not enough -- To infinity and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the mid-eighties, more audiences have been watching Hollywood movies at home than at movie theaters, yet little is known about just how viewers experience film outside of the multiplex. This is the first full-length study of how contemporary entertainment technologies and media—from cable television and VHS to DVD and the Internet—shape our encounters with the movies and affect the aesthetic, cultural, and ideological definitions of cinema. Barbara Klinger explores topics such as home theater, film collecting, classic Hollywood movie reruns, repeat viewings, and Internet film parodies, providing a multifaceted view of the presentation and reception of films in U.S. households. Balancing industry history with theoretical and cultural analysis, she finds that today cinema's powerful social presence cannot be fully grasped without considering its prolific recycling in post-theatrical venues—especially the home.