{"product_id":"hollywood-aesthetic-pleasure-in-american-cinema-9780190658755","title":"Hollywood Aesthetic: Pleasure in American Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eHollywood makes the most widely successful pleasure-giving artworks the world has ever known. The industry operates under the assumption that pleasurable aesthetic experiences  among huge populations  translate into box office success. With that goal in mind  Hollywood has systematized the delivery of aesthetic pleasure  packaging and selling it on a massive scale.  In Hollywood Aesthetic  Todd Berliner accounts for the chief attraction of Hollywood cinema worldwide: its entertainment value. Analyzing Hollywood in the areas of narrative  style  ideology  and genre  Hollywood Aesthetic offers a comprehensive appraisal of the aesthetic design of American commercial cinema. Grounded in film history and in the psychological and philosophical literature on aesthetics  the book situates aesthetic analyses within the context of film reception  the film industry  and the current understanding of human psychology.  Illustrated with numerous examples  Hollywood Aesthetic analyzes the design of a range of films that span Hollywood history. The book examines films  such as City Lights and Goodfellas  that have earned aesthetic appreciation from both fans and critics. But it also studies curious outliers and celebrated Hollywood experiments  such as The Killing and Starship Troopers  films popular with cinephiles and cult audiences. And it demonstrates the ways in which even ordinary popular films  from Tarzan and His Mate to Rocky III  as well as New Hollywood action blockbusters  like Die Hard and The Dark Knight  offer aesthetic pleasure to mass audiences. Hollywood Aesthetic explains how these and dozens of other Hollywood movies engage viewers by satisfying their aesthetic desires.  Many film scholars dismiss Hollywood cinema as mere commercial entertainment and leave it at that. Hollywood Aesthetic explains how Hollywood creates  for massive numbers of people  some of their most exhilarating experiences of art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789872750645,"sku":"ByrdShop_0190658754","price":57.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780190658755.jpg?v=1784701869","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/hollywood-aesthetic-pleasure-in-american-cinema-9780190658755","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}