{"title":"Daniel Herbert","description":"\u003cp\u003eDaniel Herbert explores the vibrant world of cinema with a fresh and insightful perspective. His works, including titles like \u003cem\u003eMaverick Movies\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVideoland\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into film culture, unearthing the stories behind iconic movies and the evolving landscape of visual storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e will appreciate Herbert’s keen eye for the peculiar and profound aspects of film history. His writing captures the spirit of creativity and innovation that defines contemporary and classic cinema alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"maverick-movies-by-daniel-herbert-9780520382350","title":"Maverick Movies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.luminosoa.org\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.luminosoa.org\u003c\/a\u003e to learn more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaverick Movies\u003c\/em\u003e tells the improbable story of New Line Cinema, a company that cut a remarkable path through the American film industry and movie culture. Founded in 1967 as an art-film distributor, New Line made a small fortune running John Waters's \u003cem\u003ePink Flamingos\u003c\/em\u003e at midnight screenings in the 1970s and found reliable returns with the \u003cem\u003eNightmare on Elm Street\u003c\/em\u003e franchise in the 1980s. By 2001, the company competed with the major Hollywood studios and reached global box-office success with the \u003cem\u003eLord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e franchise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlurring boundaries between high and low culture, between independent film and Hollywood, and between the margins and the mainstream, New Line Cinema offers a compelling case study of the evolution of contemporary film culture through the disintegration of the mass audience fostered by the classic Hollywood studios into the multitude of niche audiences that Hollywood seeks today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47425542488300,"sku":"9780520382350","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520382350.jpg?v=1774768145"},{"product_id":"videoland-by-daniel-herbert-9780520279636","title":"Videoland","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVideoland\u003c\/em\u003e offers a comprehensive view of the \"tangible phase\" of consumer video, when Americans largely accessed movies as material commodities at video rental stores. Video stores served as a vital locus of movie culture from the early 1980s until the early 2000s, changing the way Americans socialized around movies and collectively made movies meaningful. When films became tangible as magnetic tapes and plastic discs, movie culture flowed out from the theater and the living room, entered the public retail space, and became conflated with shopping and salesmanship. In this process, video stores served as a crucial embodiment of movie culture's historical move toward increased flexibility, adaptability, and customization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to charting the historical rise and fall of the rental industry, Herbert explores the architectural design of video stores, the social dynamics of retail encounters, the video distribution industry, the proliferation of video recommendation guides, and the often surprising persistence of the video store as an adaptable social space of consumer culture. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, cultural geography, and archival research, \u003cem\u003eVideoland\u003c\/em\u003e provides a wide-ranging exploration of the pivotal role video stores played in the history of motion pictures, and is a must-read for students and scholars of media history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471877095660,"sku":"9780520279636","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520279636-videoland.jpg?v=1775262227"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/daniel-herbert.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}