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Veni, vidi, video : the Hollywood empire and the VCR
- Title
- Veni, vidi, video : the Hollywood empire and the VCR / Frederick Wasser.
- Author
- Wasser, Frederick.
- Publication
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- x, 245 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Chronicles the rise of home video as a mass medium and the changes it has caused throughout the film industry since the mid-1970s.
- Series Statement
- Texas film and media studies series
- Uniform Title
- Texas film and media studies series.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Video recordings
- Video recordings.
- Vidéos.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-235) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : signs of the time -- The American film industry before video -- The American film industry and video -- The political economy of distribution -- Video and the audience -- Structure of the study -- pt. 1. Film distribution and home viewing before the VCR -- From universal audiences to feature-length films -- Movies at home -- Tiered releasing -- Broadcasting : the other entertainment medium -- Postwar film exhibition -- Distributing films to smaller audiences -- Television advertising and Jaws : marketing the shark wide and deep -- ch. 2. The development of video recording -- Broadcast networks and recording technology -- Television and recording -- Home video 1 : playback-only systems -- Home video 2 : Japanese recorder system development -- ch. 3. Home video : the early years -- Choice, "harried" leisure, and new technologies -- The emergence of cable -- The universal lawsuit -- VCR and subversion -- X-rated cassettes -- The majors start video distribution -- Videotape pricing -- ch. 4. The years of independence : 1981-1986 -- Independence on the cusp of video -- New companies get into video business -- Hollywood tries to control rentals -- Video, theater, and cable -- Pre-selling/pre-buying -- Video and new genres -- Vestron's video publishing -- Conclusion -- ch. 5. Video becomes big business -- The development of two-tiered pricing -- The new movie theater -- Microeconomics 1 : overview -- Microeconomics 2 : rental -- Video and other commodities -- Retailing consolidation -- Breadth versus depth -- Video advertising -- Video and revenue streams -- Production increase -- More money, same product -- ch. 6. Consolidation and shakeouts -- High concept -- Disney comes back on-line -- The majors hold the line on production expansion -- Vestron responds -- The fate of pre-selling and the mini-majors -- LIVE, Miramax, and New Line -- Conclusion -- ch. 7. The lessons of the video revolution -- Media industries after the VCR -- Home video and changes in the form of film -- Images of audience time -- A philosophic view of film and audience -- Whither the mass audience?
- ISBN
- 0292791453
- 9780292791459
- 0292791461
- 9780292791466
- LCCN
- 2001027585
- OCLC
- ocm46678233
- 46678233
- SCSB-1239905
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library