In this Book
- The End Of Cinema As We Know It: American Film in the Nineties
- Book
- 2001
- Published by: NYU Press
Almost half a century ago, Jean-Luc Godard famously remarked, "I await the end of cinema with optimism." Lots of us have been waiting for
The thirty-four brief essays in The End of Cinema as We Know It attend a variety of topics, from film censorship and preservation to the changing structure and status of independent cinema
Examining key films and filmmakers, the corporate players and industry trends, film styles and audio-visual technologies, the contributors to this volume spell out the end of cinema in terms of irony, cynicism and exhaustion, religious fundamentalism and fanaticism, and the decline of what we once used to call film culture.
Contributors include: Paul Arthur, Wheeler Winston Dixon, Thomas Doherty, Thomas Elsaesser, Krin Gabbard, Henry Giroux, Heather Hendershot, Jan-Christopher Hook, Alexandra Juhasz, Charles Keil, Chuck Klienhans, Jon Lewis, Eric S. Mallin, Laura U. Marks, Kathleen McHugh, Pat Mellencamp, Jerry Mosher, Hamid Naficy, Chon Noriega, Dana Polan, Murray Pomerance, Hillary Radner, Ralph E. Rodriguez, R.L. Rutsky, James Schamus, Christopher Sharrett, David Shumway, Robert Sklar, Murray Smith, Marita Sturken, Imre Szeman, Frank P. Tomasulo, Maureen Turim, Justin Wyatt, and Elizabeth Young.
Table of Contents
- 3. The Hollywood History Business
- pp. 33-42
- 4. The Man Who Wanted to Go Back
- pp. 43-49
- III. Four Key Films
- p. 81
- 12. Saving Private Ryan Too Late
- pp. 131-138
- 13. The Confusions of Warren Beatty
- pp. 141-149
- 14. Movie Star Presidents
- pp. 150-157
- 15. The Fantasy Image: Fixed and Moving
- pp. 158-167
- 17. The End of Chicano Cinema
- pp. 175-181
- 18. Being Keanu
- pp. 185-194
- VII. Independents
- p. 251
- 24. A Rant
- pp. 253-260
- 25. The Case of Harmony Korine
- pp. 261-268
- 27. Smoke 'til You're Blue in the Face
- pp. 277-284
- VIII. Not Films Exactly
- p. 285
- 28. Pamela Anderson on the Slippery Slope
- pp. 287-299
- 30. Live Video
- pp. 305-315
- IX. Endgames
- p. 317
- 34. Twenty-five Reasons Why It's All Over
- pp. 356-366
- Contributors
- pp. 367-372