Beyond the Multiplex
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Beyond the Multiplex

Cinema, New Technologies, and the Home

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Beyond the Multiplex

Cinema, New Technologies, and the Home

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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.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780520939073
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. BEYOND THE MULTIPLEX
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction: What Is Cinema Today?
  10. 1. The New Media Aristocrats: Home Theater and the Film Experience
  11. 2. The Contemporary Cinephile: Film Collecting after the VCR
  12. 3. Remembrance of Films Past: Cable Television and Classic Hollywood Cinema
  13. 4. Once Is Not Enough: The Functions and Pleasures of Repeat Viewings
  14. 5. To Infinity and Beyond: The Web Short, Parody, and Remediation
  15. Conclusion: Of Fortresses and Film Cultures
  16. Notes
  17. Selected Bibliography
  18. Index