AUSTIN, THOMAS — Hollywood, Hype and Audiences

Manchester, Manchester University Press. 2002. (ISBN: 0719057752) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. Very faint crease to rear corners, none to front or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 257pp. This is a fascinating multi-dimensional investigation of popular film as a commercial, cultural and social phenomenon. It traces the circulation in Britain of three Hollywood films - Basic Instinct, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Natural Born Killers - from marketing and critical reception to consumption in cinemas and on video. This is essential reading for both academics and students of film, popular culture and media. Near Fine.