The big picture : the new logic of money and power in Hollywood / by Edward Jay Epstein
- Bib ID:
- 3410455
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Epstein, Edward Jay, 1935-
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- New York : Random House, c2005
- x, 396 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1400063531
- Summary:
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"In The Big Picture, writer Edward Jay Epstein gives an unprecedented, sweeping, and thoroughly entertaining account of the real magic behind moviemaking: how the studios make their money." "Epstein shows how, in Hollywood, the only art that matters is the art of the deal: major films turn huge profits, not from the movies themselves but through myriad other enterprises, such as video-game spin-offs, fast-food tie-ins, soundtracks, and even theme-park rides. The studios may compete with one another for stars, publicity, box-office receipts, and Oscars; their corporate parents, however, make fortunes from less glamorous markets, such as cable, home video, and pay-TV." "But money is only part of the Hollywood story; the social and political milieus - power, prestige, and status - tell the rest. Alongside remarkable financial revelations, The Big Picture is filled with eye-opening Hollywood insider stories."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Pt. 1. The new system
- Pt. 2. The art of deception, the deception of art
- Pt. 3. The creation of audiences
- Pt. 4. The economic logic of Hollywood
- Pt. 5. The social logic of Hollywood
- Pt. 6. The political logic of Hollywood
- Epilogue : the once and future Hollywood.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-373) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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