Resetting the Scene: Classical Hollywood Revisited (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)

Review Resetting the Scene more than fulfills the promise of its title. This is a marvelous collection of concise, lively, revelatory, incisive work from an array of first-rate scholars who continue to examine, refine, and revise our notions of the crucially important classical Hollywood cinema. This is must reading for anyone interested in the topic and state of the art research.--Matthew H. Bernstein "author of Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent" (3/16/2021 12:00:00 AM)Resetting the Scene surveys recent academic research on classical Hollywood cinema, twenty-five years after Bordwell/Thompson/Staiger literally defined the term. Covering all approaches from new analyses of style and genre to studio operations and race and gender studies, authored by both established and younger scholars, this volume is a succinct introduction to classical Hollywood.--Jan-Christopher Horak "UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television" (3/16/2021 12:00:00 AM)Resetting the Scene: Classical Hollywood Revisited is an anthology of scholarly essays by a variety of learned authors about the classical Hollywood films and their history. Resetting the Scene is a erudite contribution to public and college library Theatre/ Cinema shelves, highly recommended.--James A. Cox "Midwest Book Review" (9/1/2021 12:00:00 AM)This excellent collection of essays covers a wide range of interests, from the musicals of Vincente Minnelli to science fiction genre films, as well as the advent of color cinematography, the world of 'B' film production, how contract players were built up by the major studios, issues of race and gender in the classical Hollywood film, the roles of women both in front of and behind the camera, and the ways in which the films of the studio era are now viewed through the critical lens of contemporary film criticism. This is an immensely readable volume that captures one's attention and fires the imagination.--Wheeler Winston Dixon "James Ryan Emeritus Professor of Film Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln" (3/16/2021 12:00:00 AM) Product Description null About the Author Philippa Gates is a professor of film studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada.Katherine Spring is associate professor of film studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada.