Focus on Hollywood - Cultural and Market Alignment

Author: Lu Yan
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The second volume of the "Essays on American Film Studies" is titled "Focusing on Hollywood: Culture and Market Intersection," which sets it apart from the first volume, "Watching Across the Ocean: Perspectives on Hollywood's Reflections." The term "separation" inevitably leads to "scratching an itch through a boot"; moving from separation to connection requires us to continuously overcome the limitations of our alienated perspective as Chinese scholars observing foreign cultures. "Focusing on" Hollywood demands cultural insight and aesthetic wisdom, and we are committed to relentless exploration. This volume includes 30 essays that emphasize research on the history and current state of the American film industry, as well as in-depth analysis of recent Hollywood productions in popular genres such as biopics, science fiction, thrillers, fantasy films, remakes, comedies, and animated films. New academic achievements on the history and current state of film exchanges between China and the United States are also published in this volume. Starting from this volume, we will compile the "Major Events in American Film" from the previous year to delight our readers.