電影理論不再獲得最高結算或在電影中扮演主角的研究今天，批評傢宣稱理論是死的，我們在後的理論時刻生活。雖然理論上可能是引人注目的，它仍是一個重要的關鍵理解電影，一個不應該如此輕易貼現或丟棄的全部復雜性。在本書中，捐助探索通過電影理論鏡頭最近流行的電影，從工業經濟分析，然後把審美為主的移動和解釋性框架。好萊塢電影討論涵蓋瞭從300到50初戀廣泛，由斷背山，魔戒，從蜘蛛俠3至華氏9 / 11，從鋸到法櫃奇兵，等等。個人散文考慮的規則適用於新的重磅炸彈專營權等問題，在 `posthumanist現實主義'的數字電影，視頻遊戲改編，越來越多的限製文體規範，如YouTube，社交網絡空間的故事奇怪的主流文化，認知悖論背後的屏幕上的創傷事件令人愉悅的視覺。憑藉其國際電影學者，電影理論與當代好萊塢電影演員展示瞭卓越的貢獻，可以提供給理論研究和電影觀眾一樣。

Film theory no longer gets top billing or plays a starring role in film studies today, as critics proclaim that theory is dead and we are living in a post-theory moment. While theory may be out of the limelight, it remains an essential key to understanding the full complexity of cinema, one that should not be so easily discounted or discarded. In this volume, contributors explore recent popular movies through the lens of film theory, beginning with industrial-economic analysis before moving into a predominately aesthetic and interpretive framework. The Hollywood films discussed cover a wide range from 300 to Fifty First Dates, from Brokeback Mountain to Lord of the Rings, from Spider-Man 3 to Fahrenheit 9/11, from Saw to Raiders of the Lost Ark, and much more. Individual essays consider such topics as the rules that govern new blockbuster franchises, the `posthumanist realism' of digital cinema, video game adaptations, increasingly restricted stylistic norms, the spatial stories of social networks like YouTube, the mainstreaming of queer culture, and the cognitive paradox behind enjoyable viewing of traumatic events onscreen. With its cast of international film scholars, Film Theory and Contemporary Hollywood Movies demonstrates the remarkable contributions theory can offer to film studies and moviegoers alike.

作者:Warren Buckland