"Service Providers": Genre Cinema in the 21st Century

Dixon shares how millennial audiences are increasingly dissatisfied with what they see at the local multiplex. This year, much to his surprise, his students fervently embraced the silent, European films, and rejected the Hollywood product as being conventional, bland, and utterly predictable. This c...

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Published in:Quarterly review of film and video 2017-04, Vol.34 (3), p.201-211
Main Author: Dixon, Wheeler Winston
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Audiences
Generation Y
Motion pictures
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Summary:Dixon shares how millennial audiences are increasingly dissatisfied with what they see at the local multiplex. This year, much to his surprise, his students fervently embraced the silent, European films, and rejected the Hollywood product as being conventional, bland, and utterly predictable. This current dissatisfaction with the commercial cinema extends to more thoughtful actors and directors as well, such as Rose McGowan, who has made clear her feeling that both actors and audiences are being shortchanged by the current system of cinematic commerce.
ISSN:1050-9208
1543-5326
DOI:10.1080/10509208.2017.1281073