The causes of this drastic decline are traced to the competition of television but also to the dramatic halving of the number of new American films and to the difficulty of transferring a cinema’s ‘congregation’ when it is closed. This decline has few parallels in recent times and in conjunction with a disproportionate and unexpected increase in the price of seats presents a fascinating study for the economist, which the author fully exploits. But the film industry is of general interest so that the author’s conclusions and his social recommendations will appeal to the general reader as well as those in the industry.
The causes of this drastic decline are traced to the competition of television but also to the dramatic halving of the number of new American films and to the difficulty of transferring a cinema’s ‘congregation’ when it is closed. This decline has few parallels in recent times and in conjunction with a disproportionate and unexpected increase in the price of seats presents a fascinating study for the economist, which the author fully exploits. But the film industry is of general interest so that the author’s conclusions and his social recommendations will appeal to the general reader as well as those in the industry.
The Decline of the Cinema: An Economist's Report
168The Decline of the Cinema: An Economist's Report
168Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781138997790 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 01/21/2016 |
Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Cinema |
Pages: | 168 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) |