Hollywood hype and audiences

Hollywood hype and audiencesA fascinating multi dimensional investigation of popular film as a commercial, cultural and social phenomenon, focusing on well known and controversial films, and on important and marketable issues such as sex and violence. Traces the circulation in Britain of three Hollywood films Basic Instinct, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Natural Born Killers from marketing and critical reception to consumption. Draws on economic and discursive contexts and original

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