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Hollywood Movies: Their Changing Nature

Published: Feb. 23, 2016, 9 p.m.

Award-winning author/screenwriter/playwright Bill Mesce drops by to discuss his book, Reel Change: The Changing Nature of Hollywood, Hollywood Movies and the People Who Go To See Them. Mesce\u2019s other books about movies include Overkill: The Rise and Fall of Thriller Cinema,\xa0Peckinpah\u2019s Women: A Reappraisal of Portrayal\xa0of Women inthe Period Westerns of SamPeckinpah, and\xa0Idols, Icons, Illusions: The Movies We Love and Love To Hate and the People Who Made Them. His screenwriting credits\xa0include\xa0Road Ends, starring Dennis Hopper, and uncredited work on Brian De Palma\u2019s political thriller Blow Out.\xa0What are the most important changes that happened to Hollywood movies?\xa0Why can\u2019t an Oscar winner look more like a hit?\xa0What makes a Classic movie classic?\xa0How did blockbuster films ruin Hollywood?\xa0Who was the world\u2019s first screenwriter?\xa0What accounts for the disappearing movie private eye? Listen in and find out.\n\nAmong Mesce's other books are\xa0The Advocate,\xa0an acclaimed World War II drama, and\xa0Inside the Rise of HBO: A Personal History of the Company That Transformed Television. Mesce spent\xa027 years working in various capacities in the Corporate Communications area of Home Box Office (HBO). He currently serves\xa0as an adjunct instructor at several colleges and universities in New Jersey.