Contemporary US Cinema

Contemporary US Cinema examines important developments in American film-making over the past three decades, citing them as instances both of change and of continuity within the practices and processes of earlier phases of classic Hollywood cinema. This study offers a survey of significant events and trends of the past thirty years of American cinema and combines this with a detailed exploration of its most important figures and individual works.

1. The Background  2. Show me the Money: The economies of contemporary American cinema  3. Foreign Relations  4. Talent 1: The directors  5. Talent 2: The actors  6. Going it Alone: Independent American Cinema 7. Genre, Sequels and Remakes  8. Fixing it in Digital  9. Back to the Future  Further Reading  Bibliography  Index