Resetting the Scene surveys recent academic research on classical Hollywood cinema, twenty-five years after Bordwell/Thompson/Staiger literally defined the term. Covering all approaches from new analyses of style and genre to studio operations and race and gender studies, authored by both established and younger scholars, this volume is a succinct introduction to classical Hollywood.
–Jan-Christopher Horak “UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television”
It is an engaging, readable, and entertaining work of significant scholastic import. Containing twenty-five approachable–not to mention historiographically and culturally rel- evant–essays, Resetting the Scene will be of interest to readers ranging from critical film theorists in academia to film enthusiasts whose interest in classical Hollywood stems from the era and its media pro- viding a means of escapist comfort.
–Eric Deutsch “Journal of Popular Culture”
Not for the casual moviegoer, but serious students of cinema will find inspiration and ideas for research here.
— “Library Journal”
Resetting the Scene: Classical Hollywood Revisited is an anthology of scholarly essays by a variety of learned authors about the classical Hollywood films and their history. Resetting the Scene is a erudite contribution to public and college library Theatre/ Cinema shelves, highly recommended.
–James A. Cox “Midwest Book Review”
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