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The Cinema Dreams Its Rivals. Media Fantasy Films from Radio to the Internet.
Paul Young
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paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: APF; JFD; UDB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
By the middle of the twentieth century, Hollywood, formerly the one and only dream factory, found itself facing a host of media rivals for the public’s attention. In the 1980s, another competitor arrived in the form of the proto-Internet—a computer network as yet untested by all but research scientists, college students, the military, and a few thousand PC and modem owners. How did Hollywood respond to this nascent challenge? By dreaming about it, in a series of technological fantasies, from Tron to War Games to Lawnmower Man. The Cinema Dreams Its Rivals examines the meaning and effect of the movies’ ... Read more
By the middle of the twentieth century, Hollywood, formerly the one and only dream factory, found itself facing a host of media rivals for the public’s attention. In the 1980s, another competitor arrived in the form of the proto-Internet—a computer network as yet untested by all but research scientists, college students, the military, and a few thousand PC and modem owners. How did Hollywood respond to this nascent challenge? By dreaming about it, in a series of technological fantasies, from Tron to War Games to Lawnmower Man. The Cinema Dreams Its Rivals examines the meaning and effect of the movies’ ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816635993
SKU
V9780816635993
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About Paul Young
Paul Young is professor of English and director of the film studies program at Vanderbilt University.
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