Directed by Steven Spielberg: Poetics of the Contemporary Hollywood Blockbuster

Directed by Steven Spielberg: Poetics of the Contemporary Hollywood Blockbuster
ISBN-10
1628929200
ISBN-13
9781628929201
Category
Blockbusters (Motion pictures)
Pages
242
Language
English
Published
2006
Author
Warren Buckland

Description

Although the blockbuster is the most popular and commercially successful type of filmmaking, it has yet to be studied seriously from a formalist standpoint. 'Directed By Steven Spielberg' fills this gap by examining the distinctive form of the blockbuster.

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