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Hollywood cinema

by Richard Maltby

This comprehensive introduction to Hollywood cinema provides a fascinating account of the world's most powerful film industry and examines its cultural and aesthetic significance. Taking a broad-ranging approach, it explores and interprets Hollywood cinema in history and in the present, in theory and in practice.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
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  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
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