Power surge conglomerate Hollywood and the studio system's last hurrah Conglomerate Hollywood and the studio system's last hurrah Schatz, Thomas 1948- creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut text bibliography cau 2026 2026 monographic eng print xiii, 533 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm "From the author of The Genius of the System, the classic tale of Hollywood's first golden age, comes the story of its last. Thomas Schatz returns us to an era when a newly enriched movie industry rediscovered its creative energy, and indie went mainstream without losing its edge. Between 1989 and 2004, all the old studios either merged with other media giants or were swallowed up by even bigger diversified behemoths, leading to an infusion of money and fast-tracking the digital revolution. Yet even as CGI and piles of cash fueled a new breed of blockbusters--Batman and Titanic, Toy Story and The Lord of the Rings--an indie ethos permeated the industry. And at the crossroads of commodification and aesthetic vision, auteurs ranging from Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino to Sofia Coppola and Ang Lee became household names. Power Surge traces these trajectories, which increasingly clashed and commingled during the 1990s and early 2000s, resulting in nothing short of a new golden age--and perhaps the last gasp of the century-old studio system"-- Provided by publisher. Introduction : the genesis of a new system -- Warner Bros., Tim Burton, and Batman -- The first wave -- In from off-Hollywood : sex, lies, and videotape and Do the right thing -- Coda : holiday hits and Oscar bait -- Disney hits and misses, and the animation renaissance -- The new Sony/Columbia regime and James Cameron's T2 -- Three indie paradigms : New Line, Sony Classics, and Miramax -- Renaissance redux : the return of Coppola, Scorsese, and Eastwood -- Batman returns and Steve Ross departs -- Spielberg's Twin Peaks : Jurassic Park and Schindler's list -- The emergence of Indiewood -- Triumph and turmoil at Disney -- Tidal wave -- Pixar and Toy story -- Titanic, and other imaginations of disaster -- The year of the independents and the age of Miramax -- Disney's widening gyre -- DreamWorks (finally) arrives -- Coda : the Oscar showdown and Peter Bart's Gross anatomy -- In search of the One : The phantom menace and The matrix -- The third wave -- Indie meets mainstream : unlikely hits and studio hybrids -- Dethroning Disney : Pixar, DreamWorks, and the animation subindustry -- Harry Potter and The lord of the rings : franchises for the new millennium -- Course correction : the fall of AOL and Vivendi and the birth of NBC Universal -- The Time Warner franchise factory -- Indiewood ascendant and the desperation of independents -- Disney at sea : the end of the Eisner era -- Split decision : the fate of DreamWorks -- Sony/Columbia, Marvel, and Spider-Man -- Epilogue : franchise fever, the next wave, and the streaming era. Thomas Schatz. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Motion pictures United States History 20th century Motion picture industry United States History 20th century Cinéma États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Cinéma Industrie États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Motion picture industry History Motion pictures History United States 1900-1999 fast PN1993.5.U6 S3254 2026 791.43097309/049 Power surge Schatz, Thomas, 1948- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2026] (DLC) 2025029042 9780520415805 0520415809 9780520415829 2025029041 POD CU-S/DLC 250620 20260801173453.9 in00005789547 eng