Jason Sperb
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Flickers of Film
Nostalgia in the Time of Digital Cinema
By Jason Sperb
Rutgers University Press
Whether paying tribute to silent films in Hugo or celebrating arcade games in Wreck-It-Ralph, Hollywood suddenly seems to be experiencing a wave of intense nostalgia for outmoded technologies. Flickers of Film offers a nuanced look at the benefits and risks of this nostalgia, considering how it registers industry-wide uncertainty with the dominance of the digital, even as it ignores the people whose livelihoods have been most affected by the economic transformations of the digital era.
- Copyright year: 2015
Disney's Most Notorious Film
Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South
By Jason Sperb
University of Texas Press
Analyzing histories of film reception, convergence, and race relations over seven decades, this pioneering book undertakes a superb, multifaceted reading of one of Hollywood’s most notorious films, Disney’s Song of the South.
- Copyright year: 2012
Blossoms and Blood
Postmodern Media Culture and the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson
By Jason Sperb
University of Texas Press
Drawing fascinating connections between cultural history and film authorship, Blossoms and Blood charts the development of Paul Thomas Anderson, whose films, such as Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and There Will Be Blood, offer a prescient approach to the contr
- Copyright year: 2013
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