What defines 'quality' in contemporary Hollywood film? Although
often seen as inhospitable to such work, the studios of the
blockbuster-franchise era continue to produce features that make
claims to higher status. Films such as The Social Network, The
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Mystic
River are marked as distinctive from the mainstream norm. But how
exactly, and how are such qualities mixed with more familiar
Hollywood ingredients, as found in larger doses in other examples
such as Blood Diamond and the blockbuster-scale Inception? Quality
Hollywood is the first book to address these issues, featuring
close analysis of case study films, critical responses and the
wider notions of cultural value on which these draw. Geoff King
argues that such films retain a presence as a minority strand of
studio output. The reasons for this combine factors relating to
economics, the power of certain filmmakers and Hollywood's
investment in its own prestige.
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