Includes bibliographical references (p. 204).

9/11 : before and after / Christian W. Thomsen -- On the cutting edge : new visual languages in film-editing conventions in Hollywood / Karen A. Ritzenhoff -- The digital cinema dilemma : obstacles to digitalizing the movie screens / Kay Hoffmann -- The digital world picture / Jean-Pierre Geuens -- Making movies is like making cars, only more fun / Vinzenz Hediger -- The transnationalization of Hollywood / Frederick Wasser -- Negotiations of genre and gender in contemporary Hollywood film / Claudia Liebrand -- Deep impact : emotion and performativity in contemporary blockbuster cinema / Robert Blanchet -- Body snatchers : recycling in Hollywood / Volker Pietsch -- Mixed realities : from HAL 9000 to The matrix--computers and androids in contemporary science-fiction movies / Christian W. Thomsen -- Pentagon pictures : how Hollywood has its scripts censored by Washington / Gudula Simone Moritz -- Hollywood's new brand : independent film production / Angela Krewani -- Hyperkinetic images : Hollywood and computer games / Randi Gunzenh?user -- Architecture and film : the reality play / Dietmar E. Fr?hlich -- Cinema architecture in the United States / Celeste M. Williams -- Authentic replicas, or just like a Hollywood movie : notes on the cinematized Las Vegas strip / Pamela C. Scorzin.