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Author Klinger, Barbara, 1951-

Title Beyond the multiplex : cinema, new technologies, and the home / Barbara Klinger.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index.
Contents The new media aristocrats: home theater and the film experience -- The contemporary cinephile: film collecting after the VCR -- Remembrance of films past: cable television and classic Hollywood cinema -- Once is not enough: the functions and pleasures of repeat viewings -- To infinity and beyond: the Web short, parody, and remediation -- Conclusion: of fortresses and film cultures.
Summary Presents a study of how contemporary entertainment technologies and media shape our encounters with movies. This book explores topics, such as home theater, film collecting, classic Hollywood movie reruns, repeat viewings, and Internet film parodies, providing a multifaceted view of the presentation and reception of films in US households.
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Subject Television -- Social aspects.
Television -- Social aspects.
Television.
Television -- Technological innovations.
Television -- Technological innovations.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures and television.
Home theaters.
Home theaters.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Klinger, Barbara, 1951- Beyond the multiplex. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 0520223152 0520245865 (DLC) 2005005751 (OCoLC)58452101
ISBN 9780520939073 (electronic book)
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