American Blockbuster: Movies, Technology, and Wonder

✍ Scribed by Charles R. Acland

Publisher: Duke University Press
Year: 2020
Tongue: English
Leaves: 394
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Charles R. Acland charts the origins, impact, and dynamics of the blockbuster, showing how it became a complex economic and cultural machine designed to advance popular support for technological advances.

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