04122nam 2201069Ia 450 991082523280332120230207223815.01-4237-5548-00-520-93907-71-59875-918-310.1525/9780520939073(CKB)1000000000246819(EBL)254875(OCoLC)191930010(SSID)ssj0000111140(PQKBManifestationID)11137672(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111140(PQKBWorkID)10074691(PQKB)11604386(MiAaPQ)EBC254875(DE-B1597)542587(DE-B1597)9780520939073(Au-PeEL)EBL254875(CaPaEBR)ebr10114316(OCoLC)64549389(OCoLC)1163877998(dli)HEB08023(MiU)MIU01000000000000009826697(EXLCZ)99100000000024681920050308d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond the multiplex cinema, new technologies, and the home /Barbara KlingerReprint 2019Berkeley University of California Pressc20061 online resource (323 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22315-2 0-520-24586-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.The new media aristocrats -- The contemporary cinephile -- Remembrance of films past -- Once is not enough -- To infinity and beyond.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.Home theatersMotion pictures and televisionTelevisionSocial aspectsTelevisionTechnological innovationsamerica.cable television.cinema aesthetics.cinema historians.cinemaphiles.contemporary film.cultural analysis.dvd.entertainment media.entertainment technology.ethnography.film industry.film parodies.film reception.film studies.hollywood.home theaters.home viewers.ideological perspective.internet films.internet media.media studies.movie theaters.movies and culture.nonfiction.post theatrical venues.social presence.theoretical.us households.vhs.Home theaters.Motion pictures and television.TelevisionSocial aspects.TelevisionTechnological innovations.302.23/45Klinger Barbara1951-792082MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825232803321Beyond the Multiplex1771105UNINA