All that glitters: coloring place and identity in CSI

Hiddlestone, Janine (2006) All that glitters: coloring place and identity in CSI. In: Cortez, Donn, (ed.) Investigating CSI: Inside the Crime Labs of Las Vegas, Miami and New York. BenBella Books, Inc, Dallas, TX, USA, pp. 161-174.

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[Extract] The news that Jerry Bruckheimer, executive producer of two decades of big-screen, enormous-budget guilty pleasures, was producing a television series was greeted with mixed feelings. Any given Bruckheimer film is often spoken of in a tone of derisive superiority by critics and film-going intelligentsia alike, though mysteriously, possibly through some sort of celluloid osmosis, most members of both groups have still seen the film in question. He is a filmmaker who, along with his former partner, the late Don Simpson, has had substantially more hits than misses, a stable full of award-winning actors and directors, and has become a brand name that is a license to print money. But he also possesses a unique style, usually making his stamp on a film unmistakable. Whether it is the tense drama of Black Hawk Down or the campy adventure of Armageddon, there is always one constant and it is not the stuff exploding: it is the cinematic style and the trademark color saturation.

Item ID: 18496
Item Type: Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN: 978-1-932100-93-8
Date Deposited: 05 Sep 2017 01:47
FoR Codes: 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2001 Communication and Media Studies > 200104 Media Studies @ 40%
19 STUDIES IN CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING > 1902 Film, Television and Digital Media > 190204 Film and Television @ 40%
20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200212 Screen and Media Culture @ 20%
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