Screening the World Global Development of the Multiplex Cinema /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hanson, Stuart (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Motion pictures and television.; Culture.; Human geography.; Screen Studies.; Global/International Culture.; Human Geography.

This book charts the development of the multiplex cinema as the pre-eminent form of film exhibition across the world. Going from its origins in the USA in the 1960s to its expansion overseas from the mid-1980s across Europe, Australia and other parts of Pacific-Asia, the book considers the emergence...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• Part One: The Multiplex Cinema in the USA
• 2. The origins of the multiplex in the USA
• 3. The emergence of the multiplex in the USA
• 4. From multiplex to megaplex
• Part Two: The Multiplex Cinema in Britain
• 5. Exporting the multiplex to Britain
• 6. The multiplex is consolidated in Britain
• 7. Multiplexes move out-of-town and back again
• Part Three: The Multiplex Cinema in Europe
• 8. The multiplex in Belgium, Netherlands and Scandinavia
• 9. The multiplex in Germany and France
• Part Four: The Multiplex Cinema in Pacific-Asia
• 10. The multiplex in Australia
• 11. The multiplex in Japan, South Korea and China
• 12. Conclusion: The multiplex as a global form.