Hollywood in the New Millenium

By many accounts, Hollywood has been in the midst of a transformation since at least 2000, the result of changing consumer habits, the dot.com bubble burst of 2001, the decline of DVD sales and rentals beginning in 2007, and the collapse of financial markets in 2008. And then there's Netflix.

A pioneering specialist in the history of the American film industry, Tino Balio will be at UGA this week to lecture on the relationship of the major studios to the larger media marketplace, tentpoles and movie franchises, Internet-driven marketing, new distribution strategies, digital cinema, and the indie film scene. Balio's lecture wil be presented on Wednesday, March 7 at 4 p.m. in the North P/J auditorium. The lecture is free and the public is invited to attend.

Tino Balio is Emeritus Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author or editor of seven books, including a two-volume history of United Artists (1979 and 1986; rpt. 2009); The American Film Industry (1985); Hollywood in the Age of Television (1990);  Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939 (1996), and most recently, The Foreign Film Renaissance on American Screens 1946-1973 (2010).  Balio served as director of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (1966-1982), chair of the Department of Communication Arts (1997-00), and executive director of the Arts Institute (1998-04).  He is the 2001 recipient of the inaugural Academy Film Scholar Grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The lecture is sponsored by the department of theatre & film studies.