Directed by Steven Spielberg: poetics of the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster

Introduction Chapter 1: An overview of the production, exhibition, financial, and managerial structures predominant in contemporary Hollywood cinema. Chapter 2: Poetics, aesthetics, formalism and stylistics. Chapter 3: Night Gallery: Eyes, Columbo: Murder by the Book, Duel. Chapter 4: Jaws Chapter 5: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Chapter 6: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Chapter 7: E. T Chapter 8: Jurassic Park Chapter 9: Minority Report Conclusion.