Rethinking distribution: developing the parameters for a micro-analysis of the movement of motion pictures

Thorne, Ross

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“…Each screening venue is interconnected within a market economy, both by the physical transport routes along which the film cans travel, as well as by commercial linkages ranging from national theatre chains to local venue coownership. In this way, the study of something as prosaic as train timetables becomes significant in understanding how and why films appear at particular locations (see Thorne 2007). And while the market exerts an influence on cinema programming, this influence is not one that we can simply characterise as "movies on demand".…”

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Digital Tools in Media Studies

2009

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2009

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“…But this is not necessarily the case. With the exception of several government-initiated or sponsored reports -from the 1927 Royal Commission to the likes of Jones (1998) and Reid (1999) -the specific analysis of distribution in Australia has been scarce, though notable exceptions include the work of Lobato (2007Lobato ( , 2010, Walsh (1997), Bertrand and Routt (1989), Molloy and Burgan (1993), Luckman and de Roeper (2008) and Thorne (2007). This deficit is particularly telling at a time when film distribution and exhibition methodologies are fundamentally being challenged by new technologies and shifting audience preferences.…”

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Coming Soon (to a Theatre near You): The Temporality of Global Film Distribution to Australia

Verhoeven¹

2010

Media International Australia

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This article explores the changing contexts of international film exhibition in Australia over a 20-year period (1989–2009) by examining in some empirical detail Australia's position in the global flow of films during this time. It argues that, at the most abstract level, distributors are engaged in the management and mediation of time and space in the field of global communications. It is proposed that distributors, through the organisation of temporal differentiation, are explicitly active in the creation of both cultural and commodity value. This is particularly apparent as film distributors explore and engage new methodologies of film release, which emphasise overlapping, intersecting and contradictory temporalities in the cinema experience.

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Hollywood in the world market – evidence from Australia in the mid-1930s

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Miskell

2014

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By the mid-1930s the major Hollywood studios had developed extensive networks of distribution subsidiaries across five continents. This paper focuses on the operation of American film distributors in Australia-one of Hollywood's largest foreign markets. Drawing on two unique primary datasets, the paper compares and investigates film distribution in Sydney's first-run and suburban-run markets. It finds that the subsidiaries of US film companies faced a greater liability of foreignness in the city centre market than in the suburban one. Our data support the argument that film audiences in local or suburban cinema markets were more receptive to Hollywood entertainment than those in metropolitan centres.

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Rethinking distribution: developing the parameters for a micro-analysis of the movement of motion pictures

Cited by 6 publications

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Digital Tools in Media Studies

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Coming Soon (to a Theatre near You): The Temporality of Global Film Distribution to Australia

Hollywood in the world market – evidence from Australia in the mid-1930s

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