Table of Contents

Introduction by Angela Ndalianis
Individual Case Studies
The Misleading Man: Dennis Hopper by Adrian Martin
The Replicator: Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Great Meme-Machine by Louise Krasniewicz and Michael Blitz
Choosing Silence: Robert De Niro and the Celebrity Interview by Greg M. Smith
The Cultural Impact of Star Images
The Keanu Effect--Stardom and the Landscape of the Acting Body: Los Angeles/Hollywood as Sight/Site by Carmel Giarratana
More Sign Than Star: Diana, Death, and the Internet by Michael Punt
Virtually Touching the Stars--from the Moon to Heaven's Gate and Beyond by Leonie Cooper
Directors and Characters as Stars
The Auteur as Star: Violence and Utopia in the Films of Sam Peckinpah by Gabrielle Murray
Birth of a Hero: Rocky, Stallone, and Mythical Creation by Rikke Schubart
Digital Stars in Our Eyes by Angela Ndalianis
Index

About the Author

ANGELA NDALIANIS is a senior lecturer in Cinema Studies and New Media at the University of Melbourne. She has contributed articles to various journals, and has written chapters for two anthologies of essays on media.

CHARLOTTE HENRY has taught Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Melbourne and in the School of Studies in Creative Arts and the Victorian College of the Arts. Currently the Acquisitions Coordinator at the Australian Film Institute, she is also an active member of Women in Film and Television.

Reviews

?This volume tells readers a great deal about what "entertainment" has come to mean and about the larger context of American history. Recommended.?-Choice

"This volume tells readers a great deal about what "entertainment" has come to mean and about the larger context of American history. Recommended."-Choice