Focus on Hollywood: Cultural and Market Alignment

Author: Lu Yan, edited by Li Yizhong
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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: A Panorama of Hollywood Imagery." The word "separation" inevitably leads to "scratching an itch through a leather boot"; moving from separation to no separation requires us to continuously overcome the limitations of our alienated perspective as Chinese scholars observing foreign cultures. "Focusing on" Hollywood, in particular, demands cultural insight and aesthetic wisdom, and we are determined to pursue this endlessly. This volume includes 30 essays, emphasizing research on the history and current state of the American film industry, as well as in-depth analysis of popular genres such as biopics, science fiction, thrillers, fantasy films, remakes, comedies, and animated films produced by Hollywood in recent years. New academic achievements on the history and current state of film exchanges between China and the U.S. are also published. Starting with this volume, we will compile the "Major Events in American Cinema of the Previous Year" to delight our readers.